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...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
The Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, will be unveiling his FY2012 budget tomorrow. Not all the details are public information, but what we do know is very encouraging. Ryan’s plan is a broad reform package, including limits...
