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Wasteful Programs that Make You Want To Pull Your Hair Out Fri Apr 19

Tim Phillips

This week we finally reached Tax Freedom Day - the day after which American workers begin to make money for themselves and their families instead of the government. ... more
Obama Sails On, Oblivious to Economic Paralysis Fri Apr 19

Donald Lambro

The national news media have been in hyper-drive since President Obama's inauguration, trying to convince us that the U.S. economy is getting stronger. ... more
Better Never Than Late Fri Apr 12

David Limbaugh

The old adage "better late than never" might not apply in the case of President Obama's tardily filed budget. ... more
Obama Sends Congress $3.8 Trillion Spending Plan Wed Apr 10

Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits. It would raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including. ... more
Paul Ryan Unveils House Budget Plan Tue Mar 12

Washington, D.C.

House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan unveiled a budget Tuesday that he says balances the budget in 10 years. Ryan invited President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to come together and put forth their ideas on how to balance the budget. ... more
Britain's Cameron says no turning back on deficit reduction plan Wed Mar 6

Reuters News
Obama Already Has His "Balanced Plan" Mon Mar 4

Kevin Glass
Political Intransigence is Obama's Solution to Looming Sequester Fri Feb 22

Donald Lambro

The White House is still trying to stir up a climate of fear over the looming budget sequester that is not supported by the size of its puny spending cuts.</p><p>This irresponsible political strategy is being driven by President Obama in an attempt to convince enough of us that the sequester will shut down critical sectors of the government, endanger our country and possibly plunge the economy into another crisis. ... more
Public wants deficit reduction but not programs cuts: polling data Thu Jan 24

Reuters News
President Obama's Deficit Problem Sun Jan 20

Kevin Glass
Obama's Second Term Starts With More of the Same Fri Jan 4

Donald Lambro

The newly elected Republican-led House was peacefully sworn into office Thursday as GOP leaders began planning for four years of divided government. ... more
Rick Santelli: We’re Only Smashing a Deficit “Pea” Wed Jan 2

America

Even the pea is a little bit too big, he says. “We’ve done all this to arrive at an arrangement on taxes.” ... more
Prepare for Fiscal Doom Thu Nov 15

John Ransom

China- still a communist country- has vaulted over Japan as the Asian economic power that matters most. And there is only one explanation for a communist, semi-medieval country like China to overtake a supposedly free and prosperous Japan: There are more Ivy League-educated, modern, Keynesian economists in charge of Japan, than in China. ... more
Obama says deficit reduction panel right on revenues, wrong on defense cuts Fri Oct 26

Reuters News
The Elections of 1988 and Today: Change or Forward? Wed Sep 19

Randall DeSoto

I was a college student in the fall of 1988; it was Presidential election year, and I could finally vote. The choice before me, and the country, then was do we go forward with the policies begun under Ronald Reagan or was it time for a change? Reagan was finishing an incredible run that saw nation’s economy experience an unprecedented rebound and America reestablished as the unquestioned leader of the free world. His Vice President, George H.W. Bush, made clear upon accepting the Republican nomination that “the most important work of my life is to complete the mission we started in 1980.” ... more
House Republicans to Take Up Deficit Reduction - Again Sun May 6

Kevin Glass
Loud and Clear Message of Obama's Budget Thu Mar 1

Peter Ferrara

Recently, I discussed the central economic policy of President Obama's budget and accompanying Presidential budget message. What drives economic recovery and growth according to the President and his budget is federal spending, deficits and debt, the fundamental tenets of the Keynesian economics that arose in the 1930s. ... more
Obama: I Was Going to Cut the Deficit in Half But... Wed Feb 15

Katie Pavlich
Obama's Budget Bomb, Worthy of the Garbage Can Wed Feb 15

Crystal Wright

Here we go again with President Obama demanding one class of citizens pay more in taxes than everyone else to help pay for his Ponzi scheme called a 2013 budget. ... more
Obama's Fiscal Fakery: How Can You Pay Down the National Debt by Building It Up Wed Feb 15

Jacob Sullum

Decrying "a decade of deficits" on Monday, President Obama declared that "my budget lays out a path for how we can pay down these debts." It is hard to see how that can be true, since his plan would add $6.7 trillion to the national debt during the next decade. ... more
Taxed Enough: Numbers Show Spending, Not Lack of Tax Revenue Cause of Deficit Mon Dec 5

Katie Pavlich
Put Tax Breaks for Mortgages, Local Taxes on Table Mon Nov 21

Michael Barone

Supercommittee members Sen. Pat Toomey and Rep. Jeb Hensarling are taking flak from some conservatives for proposing a deal including increases in "revenues," and a Washington Post reporter had some fun insinuating that they were backing a tax-rate increase. ... more
An Able Gingrich Makes for a Bad Cain Tue Nov 8

Crystal Wright

In what was designed to be a modern day re-play of the Lincoln-Douglass style debate, Newt Gingrich reinforced he’s the best candidate in the GOP field with what appears to be the slimmest odds of capturing the nomination. Newt not only was knowledgeable of the issues but gave practical solutions for solving the country’s problems. Conversely, Cain repeatedly abdicated first responses to questions to Gingrich and kept agreeing with Newt’s answers. ... more
Occupy protesters plan march from NYC to DC Tue Nov 8

AP News
New formula could cut future benefits, raise taxes Mon Nov 7

AP News