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Budget and Deficit

May 13, 2013

When It's Medicaid, Protect the Work Horses, Not the Gift Horses


Medicaid expansion comes with “free” money that always seems to cost a lot.

May 7, 2013

The Stock Market Isn't Troubled by the Sequester Cuts


If the sequester cuts are hurting the economy, the stock market hasn’t noticed.

April 30, 2013

Why Conservatives Underestimated the Sequester Impact


Conservatives should not assume bureaucrats will think or act like private sector business when implementing the sequester cuts.

April 23, 2013

What Do You Call Obama's Proposal to Sell the TVA? A Good Start.


The Obama administration proposes selling the TVA. The only question we have is why stop there?

April 11, 2013

Obama to Seniors: It's Time for You to Pay


Seniors strongly supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 election over President Barack Obama, and now Obama attempts to get his revenge in his most recent budget proposal with cuts to Social Security and Medicare, as well as tax hikes for estates and 401(k)s.

April 4, 2013

A Federal Agency Promotes Discrimination By Trying To Fight It


The U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been ratcheting up its use of some questionable methods for determining hiring or pay discrimination, amounting to a perpetual witch hunt of manufactured culprits to harass in order to justify their own existence—and budget.

April 3, 2013

Some in GOP eye Obama ideas with envy


While some conservatives admire Obama's $100 billion initiative to map the human brain, IPI's Merrill Matthews warns: "We also have to remember that doing so requires the government to allocate the research funds. And as we saw with Solyndra and several other now-defunct companies, this administration hasn’t always made good choices.”

March 27, 2013

Okay, We Take It Back


Based on the Senate budget resolution passed early Saturday morning, we were better off when the Senate didn’t pass budgets.

March 19, 2013

Cyprus Is Just Proposing a More Efficient Way to Steal Taxpayer Money


Cyprus proposes a quick and efficient way to do what President Obama has already done.

March 13, 2013

Good Policy Is Still Good Politics


By showing that they are serious about restraining the growth of government spending, Republicans leaders have made themselves relevant again.

 

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