'On one side, you have Democrats, who believe that the debt ceiling should be increased automatically or removed altogether.'

'This spending would help fund a cradle-to-grave new world in which government is omnipresent in our lives.'

'Growing evidence confirms what sound economic theory predicts: Barriers to immigration make us all worse off.'

'People never seem to learn. Making matters worse is the fact that this sad state of affairs isn't limited to foreign policy.'

'We're continuing to move even further down the road toward the states effectively becoming administrative units of the federal government.'

'I like my government small and as unintrusive as possible, so I am not happy about the current spending situation.'