PolicyBytes

This a tale of a country so immersed in fiscal responsibility and anti-growth economic policies that it has threatened the global financial system—and I am not talking only about Greece.

Greece is just one of a number of countries whose federal debt to GDP is very high. And if Washington were honest about the full extent of U.S. federal debt, the U.S. would likely be at the top of the list.

Congress is looking for ways to fund the Highway Fund once again, but members could do it without raising taxes—by sunsetting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

At one time toll roads were thought to be a free market solution to traffic congestion; that assumption is being reconsidered by some.

The repatriation issue opens the door for a serious discussion about the pressing need for tax reform in a global economy.

President Obama is poised to waste another $100 million pursuing his, not consumers', vision of a corn cob in every gas tank. 

Social Security's disability program is in bad financial shape. A private sector reform, modeled after an program that's been around for nearly 35 years, would provide the disabled and survivors with better benefits while helping remove some of the strain from Social Security.

There's no sugarcoating how badly many of the state Obamacare exchanges have failed, and the problems are only just beginning.

President Obama's Trans Pacific Partnership agreement and Trade Promotion Authority legislation are in trouble, but it's less because of the merits of TPP and TPA and more because he can't be trusted to live by his promises.

History has seen a long list of political demagogues who talk about the evils of capitalism and helping the poor while living in the lap of luxury—and picking taxpayers’ pockets to stuff their own.