Demographic changes and ill-designed programs will combine to dramatically expand the size of the public sector over the next few decades.
Daily Analysis
Very Powerful Real-World Evidence for Spending Caps
More proof that a well designed spending cap can successfully constrain spend-happy politicians.
Bill Clinton and the Retroactive Application of Mitchell’s Golden Rule
Republicans should use the Clinton budget against Democrats.
Restoring the Old-Fashioned Budget Virtue of…FDR and Truman?!?
There’s one thing even the big spenders did well.
A Fair – but Ultimately Misleading – Critique of GOP Budgets
Republicans caught using budget gimmicks.
The Case against the Value-Added Tax
Why a VAT would lead to more spending and more debt.
Greece, Marxism, and Paul Krugman
Keynes and his acolytes are doing more damage to Greece than even Marxists.
Chairmen of House and Senate Budget Committees Propose Good Budgets, Particularly Compared to Obama’s Spendthrift Plan
The good news is that the plans follow Mitchell’s Golden Rule, but they could do much more.
Are Congressional Republicans Big-Spending Bushies or Fiscally-Responsible Reaganites?
Republicans are Jekyll and Hyde on spending.
To Control Leviathan, even the IMF Agrees that Spending Caps Are Far More Effective than Balanced Budget Requirements
Never would have guessed the IMF would admit this.