Figuring out how to get shallow and selfish politicians to do the right thing.

Balanced budget rules give politicians an excuse to raise taxes.

Our fiscal challenge in the United States is excessive government spending.

It’s good news that Republicans are talking about spending caps.

Has Colorado’s TABOR been successful?

This is remarkable.

All that is necessary is a modest amount of spending restraint.

The US needs a spending cap modeled after Switzerland.

Some fiscal experts fret that deficits and debt are increasing, but the real problem is that the spending burden is rising faster than the tax burden.

Governments at all levels have a hard time complying with fiscal policy’s Golden Rule.