CBO under Republican appointee is still beholden to big government Keynesianism.

Repeal of Obamacare will reduce the burden of spending and the burden of taxation.

How close is America to pulling a Greece?

The good news is that the plans follow Mitchell’s Golden Rule, but they could do much more.

New research shows why the fight for dynamic scoring is so important.

A large free market coalition calls for injecting reality into the CBO and JCT scoring, another blow to Keynesianism, and the enduring lessons of Milton Friedman.

CBO uses shoddy analysis to prop up big government. Why are some conservatives arguing for the status quo?

CBO and JCT wield tremendous power. They are also dependable allies of the left.

I’m frequently baffled at the stupidity of Republicans. When they took control of Congress back in 1994, for instance, they had unrestricted ability to get rid of the bureaucrats that generated bad economic analysis at both the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office. Yet notwithstanding more than a decade of congressional power, GOPers did almost nothing to neutralize the bureaucrats who […]

I asked back in September whether all the bad news about Obamacare meant it was time to feel sorry for President Obama and other statists. Some people apparently didn’t realize I was being sarcastic, so I got some negative feedback. I’ve since learned to be more careful with my language, and subsequent columns about Obamacare developments have […]