Tad DeHaven

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Tad DeHaven
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Good Reporting on Federal Subsidies to State and Local Government
By Tad DeHaven
Reporters who cover state and local government should heed the example of the Topeka-Capital Journal’s Andy Marso. It’s my opinion ...
December 28, 2013
Bipartisanship Lives!
By Tad DeHaven
Last week, the Republican-controlled House overwhelmingly passed a water infrastructure bill with only three members (two Republicans and one Democrat) ...
November 02, 2013
The Budget Showdown Concludes — with Setting up a New One
By Tad DeHaven
Back on September 12th, I wrote that insisting on defunding or delaying Obamacare in exchange for keeping ...
October 20, 2013
Government “Shutdown” Shuts Down Beer
By Tad DeHaven
I’ve taken a lot of flak from establishment media types and angry federal employees for my contention that the ...
October 14, 2013
The Government (Non) Shutdown
By Tad DeHaven
It’s looking like it will take a week or more for Republicans and Democrats to reach an agreement to ...
October 07, 2013
Americans’ Faith in Government Is Waning - and That’s Good
By Tad DeHaven
A Gallup poll released last week revealed good news: Americans’ confidence in the federal government’s ability to handle ...
September 23, 2013
Now Playing: Budget Brawl 2013
September 15, 2013 |
U.S. Government Spending, 1970-2013
By Tad DeHaven
The Following is a guest commentary by Chris Edwards, Cato's director of tax policy studies:Downsizing Government has a new tool ...
September 08, 2013
Bipartisanship: Corporate Welfare
By Tad DeHaven
An issue with my paper on corporate welfare in the federal budget is that cases can be made for other expenditures not ...
September 03, 2013
Surge in Disability Claims Is Gold Mine for Law Firms
By Tad DeHaven
Hoosiers watching television during the day might have ...
August 26, 2013
Federal Job Training Programs and Crony Capitalism
By Tad DeHaven
The Reason Foundation’s Adam Millsap and Anthony Randazzo have an ...
August 11, 2013
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