Opinion
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Annual Interest on National Debt Now Eclipses Entire Military Budget
Opinion -Never should the name “Joe Biden” and the words “fiscal responsibility” be used in the same sentence. -
Fiscal Rules and ‘Learning by Doing’
Opinion -Incorporating fiscal rules in the U.S. Constitution would give citizens a voice in fiscal policy and prevent legislators from behaving in a fiscally irresponsible manner. -
Fiscal Conservatives Can Win the Budget Fight – Here’s How
Opinion -The Uniparty in Congress is once again engaged in its recurring haggling over how to avoid a government shutdown, with the next deadline set to arrive in a matter of days. -
CPI-X: A Sensible Solution to the Nation’s Budget Woes
Opinion -Unlike other so-called spending reductions proposed by Congress in recent years, which only reduce the rate of spending growth, the plan outlined in CPI-X produces real reductions in spending. -
PRESS RELEASE: Report Outlines Novel Method to Decrease Spending and the National Debt
Opinion -This paper provides a revolutionary model that can solve this worsening economic crisis and put the United States back on track towards fiscal prosperity. -
I Offer Myself As a Highly Reliable, Low-Cost Budget Commission
Opinion -The only way to increase federal revenue sustainably is to grow the tax base. A growing economy increases the size of the pie from which you get your 17.4 percent in taxes. -
The Real Subject of the Budget Debate Is the Uniparty
Opinion -Regardless of the ultimate outcome of this political battle over the budget, the shutdown conflict is undermining the foundations of the uniparty because a small group of Republicans has finally decided to act as reformers instead of conservatives. -
Proposition HH Is Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing for Colorado Taxpayers Bill of Rights
Opinion -Overall, any substantial benefits to the taxpayers in the form of property tax reductions would be overshadowed by long-term tax increases. As a good rule of thumb, if any liberal politician is pushing for “tax reform” it would inevitably take money out of taxpayers’ wallets. Proposition HH is, in fact, a wolf in sheep’s clothing for the rights the Colorado taxpayers have exercised since the implementation of TABOR. -
It’s the Spending, Stupid
Opinion -Congress, and the Republican-led House of Representatives in particular, controls the nation’s purse strings. With this being the case, it is imperative that the GOP play hardball concerning the looming budget showdown. -
Congress Must Fix the Broken Budget Process
Opinion -In 2000, our national debt stood at $5.6 trillion compared to our GDP, which clocked in at roughly $10 trillion. Today, those figures have almost reversed. Now, our national debt has ballooned to approximately $33 trillion, while our GDP has increased to $25 trillion. -
It’s Time to Let Citizens Vote on Any Future Debt Increases
Opinion -If citizens can vote on debt at the state and local level, why shouldn’t they have the power to vote on debt at the federal level as well? -
Actually, Joe Biden Has Doubled the Deficit
Opinion -We need a leader in the White House who is willing to come clean with the American people about our out-of-control spending and debt accumulation. Sadly, President Biden does not appear to be up for that task. -
Deranged Democrats Want $14 Trillion in Reparations
Opinion -If Bush and her fellow misguided socialists really want to address the wealth gap, they would be clamoring for two things: universal school choice and maintaining the black nuclear family. -
It Takes Two to Tango—and Solve the Nation’s Debt Crisis
Opinion -Unlike his recent predecessors, Biden is taking a “my way or the highway” approach when it comes to hiking the debt ceiling and negotiating with Congress. -
Life, Liberty, Property #3: Debt Threats
Opinion -Once again, the federal government’s malignant effect on the economy is our top story. Now it’s a debate over whether to raise the debt ceiling. -
Both ‘Infrastructure’ Bills Are Atrocious. Republicans Voting ‘Yay’ Should Be Embarrassed
Opinion -Editorial -Just about nothing US infrastructure has anything to do with DC. -
Infrastructure Bill as Political Plunder and Social Engineering
Opinion -Editorial -Politicians love to spend other people’s money, especially when it enables them to use it to get campaign contributions and election-day votes from those who can keep them in office -
More Government Debt as Far as the Fiscal Eye Can See
Opinion -Editorial -The U.S. government will, again, face an official debt limit starting on August 1, 2021, unless Congress once more raises the limit on what Uncle Sam can borrow. -
America’s Fiscal Follies are Dangerously in the Red
Opinion -Editorial -The Congressional Budget Office has recently issued a federal “Budget Outlook Update” -
Government Is Awful at Insurance – and Certainly Shouldn’t Be Rewriting Policies
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -You don’t want government anywhere near any insurance policies you purchase. -
China Virus Bailout Coin – Shouldn’t Go to Chinese Companies
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -There has been much back-and-forthing over who should and shouldn’t get money from the CARES Act. -
Trump Administration Interior Department Budget Shifts Priorities
Opinion -environment-climate-news -In its 2021 fiscal budget, the Trump administration has proposed an increase over its request for the Department of Interior in 2020. -
Global Corruption and the Pandemic: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
Opinion -Editorial -As the philosopher Rahm Emanuel once said, "Never let a good crisis go to waste." -
Will Utility Bills on Low-Income Citizens Increase During the Pandemic?
Opinion -environment-climate-news, Editorial -At the end of April, Illinois utility regulators issued a call to repeal a pro-consumer federal order, called the Minimum Price Order Rule. Here's what this means.