Federal Spending, much ado about very little, or big deal. What have we learned since Sputnik?

Political Economy
Federal Spending, much ado about very little, or big deal. What have we learned since Sputnik?
Transparency of Government Efficiency efforts. Where visibility comes to die.
From Chaos to Transparency? The hope for the new administration.
Birth of the US Sovereign Wealth Fund, a major American milestone.
National Debt: What is it? Is it good or bad? How does it work? Who holds it?
Are you familiar with Tax Freedom Day? If not, you should be, you work awfully hard to not know.
Defining Surplus, Deficits, and National Debt. Making it all make sense.
What are these principles of Taxation, and how are they still being used today?
Did the Trump Administration just let slip their plan? Is Privatization of Social Security on the table, and is that a bad thing?