Today is Cost of Government Day–the day that you stop working to pay for the total cost of government (spending plus regulation).  To state the obvious, it’s August.  The latest this day ever used to come was mid-July.  In fact,…

As Congress heads toward its August recess, Washington is questioning whether the Democrat Congress and President Obama will be able to pass a healthcare bill this year.  Most of the attention thus far has focused on the hundreds of billions…