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.

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 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 […]

As a long-time advocate of tax reform, I’m not a fan of distortionary loopholes in the tax code. Ideally, we would junk the 74,000-page internal revenue code and replace it with a simple and fair flat tax – meaning one low rate, no double taxation, and no favoritism.* The right kind of tax reform would […]

Many of us know that Obamacare will be very expensive and that supporters, aided and abetted by the Congressional Budget Office, deliberately low-balled the cost estimates. I’ve also cited my Cato colleague Chris Edwards, who has made a more comprehensive (and well-documented) claim that government officials systematically lie about the cost of new projects. Now […]