by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I’ve already written about the terrible work of the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO did an awful job on the stimulus, for instance, repeatedly asserting that diverting money from the private sector to government somehow would create jobs. CBO also was a disaster...
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...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 30, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
While I’m glad Republicans are finally talking about smaller government, I’ve expressed some disappointment with the GOP Pledge to America. Why “reform” Fannie and Freddie, I asked, when the right approach is to get the government completely out of the housing sector....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2010 | Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
One of the many disappointing things about Republicans is that they fail to correct problems when they get power. After the 1994 “Gingrich Revolution,” the GOP had complete control of Capitol Hill. This meant complete authority over the Congressional Budget Office...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I hope the title of this post is an exaggeration, but it’s certainly a logical conclusion based on what is written in the Congressional Budget Office’s updated Economic and Budget Outlook. The Capitol Hill bureaucracy basically has a deficit-über-alles view of fiscal...