Tag Archives : spending
Bigger Government Will Reduce Living Standards According to New CBO Research
The high price of funding a larger welfare state.
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Everything You Need to Know about Fixing the Budget Mess in Washington
There is still a simple solution to America’s fiscal problems.
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Trump’s Greek-Style Budget Deal
The art of the terrible deal.
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In One Chart, Everything You Need to Know about America’s Long-Run Fiscal Problem
The US is ignoring fiscal policy’s Golden Rule.
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Spending and Tax Limits in (the Country of) Georgia
The right fiscal rules have benefited Georgia.
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The (Spending) Nightmare Before Christmas
The propensity to over-spend is a long-standing pattern
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Even the OECD Now Admits Spending Caps Are the only Effective Way of Restraining Government
The OECD makes a shocking admission.
read more...It’s Time for 2016 Candidates to Unveil Plans to Restrain Spending
For their tax reform plans to work, candidates need concomitant proposals to restrain the growth of federal spending.
read more...Balanced Budget Requirements Don’t Work as Well as Spending Limits
Balanced budgets are fine. Spending caps are better.
read more...Burden of Government Spending Will Be $2 Trillion Higher in 2023 According to Obama’s Budget
If you include all the appendices, there are thousands of pages in the President’s new budget. But the first thing I do every year is find the table showing how fast the burden of government spending will increase. That’s Table S-1 of the budget, and it shows that the President is proposing $41 trillion of […]
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