by CF&P | Dec 30, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
News & Views Coalition Calls for Accurate Scoring Tired of inaccurate scoring using Keynesian and other big government assumptions, a coalition of free market think-tanks is urging Republican leadership to demand better....
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Since I’ve accused the Congressional Budget Office of “witch doctor economics and gypsy forecasting,” it’s obvious I’m not a big fan of the organization’s approach to fiscal analysis. I’ve even argued that Republicans shouldn’t cite CBO when the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Laffer Curve, Taxation
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) are congressional bureaucracies that wield tremendous power on Capitol Hill because of their role as fiscal scorekeepers and referees. Unfortunately, these bureaucracies lean to the left. When...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 3, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
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...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 9, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
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...
