Today’s $1 trillion deficit would be a budget surplus of nearly $500 billion.
Daily Analysis
Which Modern President Is the Biggest Spender?
This is the first year we have enough data to include Trump’s performance.
The Media’s Pervasively Dishonest Coverage of Trump’s New Budget
Can you find the spending cuts?
Nazis and Socialism
All strains of socialism reject free enterprise.
Bernie Sanders Easily Prevails in the Free-Stuff Primary
Cover your wallets.
If Finland Is a Role Model for Bernie Sanders, Middle-Income Taxpayers Won’t Be Happy
It’s not the rich who are financing the Nordic welfare state.
Chicago’s Continuing Decline…and Inevitable Fiscal Crisis
Like all before her, Chicago’s mayor is buying votes with other people’s money.
Washington’s Budget Outlook: Still Getting Worse, but Still Fixable
We should be very concerned.
The Correct Fiscal Goal Is Smaller Government, not Budget Neutrality or Deficit Neutrality
A 2×2 matrix to visualize good fiscal policy.
The “Public Option” Is a Slow-Motion Version of Medicare-for-All
The “moderate” plan is anything but.