by Robert O'Quinn | Sep 6, 2023 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] Federal Spending Primer, Part II: The Spending Burden By Robert P. O’Quinn* There are several ways to measure the burden of government spending and how that burden changes over time. The simplest way is to look at how much government is...
by Robert O'Quinn | Jul 25, 2023 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] Federal Spending Primer, Part I: Budget Basics By Robert P. O’Quinn* This primer explains the core features of federal budgeting. The first section defines key concepts related to spending, revenue, loans, and debt. The second section...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
President Obama supports higher taxes, but he usually claims he only wants higher tax rates on evil rich people as part of his class-warfare agenda. Heck, he promised back in 2008 that, “no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 10, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Proponents of higher taxes are fond of claiming that Bill Clinton’s 1993 tax increase was a big success because of budget surpluses that began in 1998. That’s certainly a plausible hypothesis, and I’m already on record arguing that Clinton’s economic record was much...
by CF&P | Oct 4, 2010 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, October 4, 2010 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P Video Debunks Claim that Tax Hikes are Required to Balance the Budget (Washington, D.C., Monday, October 4, 2010) In a new...
