On this week’s The Cause Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman lament the most recent dire forecast from the Congressional Funds Workplace (CBO) final week forecasting a $2 trillion funds deficit in 2024.
02:31—$2 trillion federal funds deficit
21:17— Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump on immigration
37:02—Weekly Listener Query
46:23—Revisiting Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 origins
55:18—This week’s cultural suggestions
Talked about on this podcast:
“Federal Funds Deficit Forecast Jumps $400 Billion, Fueled by Pupil Debt Forgiveness,” by Emma Camp
“The Nationwide Debt Is Now So Excessive That Each American Primarily Owes $100,000,” by John Stossel
“Why We Want To Shrink the Nationwide Debt, and Quick!” by Nick Gillespie and Mark McDaniel
“The Golden Age of Groupon Authorities,” by Nick Gillespie
“Trump Abruptly Loves Immigration,” by Liz Wolfe
“Protections for the Undocumented,” by Liz Wolfe
“There Is No Occasion of Immigration in American Politics,” by Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie
“Should the U.S. Shut Its Borders? A Free Press Debate,” that includes Nick Gillespie
“The 5 Greatest Arguments Towards Immigration—and Why They’re Improper,” by Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin
“The Finish of Weight problems?” by Ronald Bailey
“Entire Meals’ John Mackey: We Should Change How We Suppose About Capitalism,” by Nick Gillespie
“Authorities Subsidies Preserve Your Meals Boring,” by C. Jarrett Dieterle
“Necessary GMO Disclosure Would not Sway Buying Habits (However Will Drive Up Prices),” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
“The Warfare on Fats,” by Jacob Sullum
“American Slender,” by Nick Gillespie
“Perhaps Brian Williams Simply Must Write a Ebook Denouncing the Drug Warfare?” by Matt Welch
“Anthony Fauci’s Interior Circle Initially Thought COVID Got here From a Lab,” by Rand Paul
“In Congress, Debate Rages About How To Forestall the Subsequent Lab Leak,” by Christian Britschgi
“COVID-19 Misinformation: Dropped at You by the U.S. Authorities,” by Robby Soave
“‘Huge Majority’ of Pandemic Worker Retention Credit score Claims Are Doubtless Scams, Says IRS,” by J.D. Tuccille
“Make the CDC an Infectious Illness Epidemic Fighter Once more,” by Ronald Bailey
“Presidential Display screen Take a look at,” by Nick Gillespie
“Primarily based on a True Story: Invoice Clinton and the New Court docket Tradition,” by Nick Gillespie
“Is Rob Lowe a Libertarian?: ‘I would like the federal government out of just about every part,'” by Nick Gillespie
Upcoming Occasions:
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Audio manufacturing by Ian Keyser; assistant manufacturing by Hunt Beaty.
Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve
- Video Editor: Ian Keyser
- Producer: Hunt Beaty
