It is no secret that the Republican Congressional leadership on spending was dismally deficient over the last eight years.  They besmirched a long, storied tradition of a party committed to fiscal restraint and integrity and the belief that smaller government is both more efficient in the delivery of service, and more conducive to individual liberty. Between the founding of the Republic in 1887 to the end of...

The $65.1 billion  Florida State budget, reeling from a projected deficit of $6.1 billion for the fiscal year that starts July 1 will be dependent on an infusion of federal stimulus cash, higher taxes on tobacco, fees on motorists and court-filers, and a dramatic expansion of gambling to cover the shortfall. The state’s budget was $73.7 billion in 2006 at the peak of the housing boom. The collapse in...