by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Michael Gerson is upset that the GOP budget would trim some money from the foreign aid budget. In his Washington Post column, he regurgitates Obama Administration talking points, claiming that less foreign aid will kill tens of thousands of poor children in Africa....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Just days after the introduction of a very good plan by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, leaders from the Republican Study Committee in the House of Representatives have introduced an even better plan. In a previous post, I compared spending levels from the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 6, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Washington is filled with groups that piously express their devotion to balanced budgets and fiscal responsibility, so it is rather revealing that some of these groups have less-than-friendly responses to Congressman Ryan’s budget plan. The Committee for a Responsible...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Forget all this talk about giant “spending cuts” of $6.2 trillion in Congressman Ryan’s budget plan. That’s music to my ears, but it’s also based on Washington’s bizarre budget math – i.e., the screwy system where politicians can increase spending but say they’re...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
The left already is wailing about the Medicare and Medicaid reforms in Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget. They don’t have any solutions of their own for these bankrupt programs, but they hope to scare voters in the short run and don’t seem to care about the nation in the...
