If you know anything about the annual ritual of the presidential budget release you know that it doesn’t really matter. It makes for a noisy news cycle and some political … READ MORE
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The Future of the Union
President Trump will deliver his 3rd State of the Union address tonight. He will undoubtedly boast about the strength of the current economy. Unemployment is down, wages are up, stock … READ MORE
Generational Theft Update: Congress Adds Another $20 Trillion to Our Tab
Given how bleak every federal budget update has been over the last decade, it’d be really hard to make it markedly worse. And yet… The latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) … READ MORE
The 2010s Were a Decade of Endless Spending. What Will the 2020s Be?
It is an unfortunate commentary on the past decade that Americans concerned with the state of the nation’s finances have few heartening reflections to look back upon. A decade that … READ MORE
Five Scary Takeaways From This Week’s Budget Reports
Over the last week, the U.S. Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have released their scheduled budget updates. Given Congress’s past year of adding more spending increases and tax … READ MORE
Congress is Regifting Fiscal Insanity
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQAd_MeMiKw[/embed] With the holiday season at a close, all eyes are back on Washington with news about the impeachment effort against President Donald Trump, precarious foreign policy with Iran, and … READ MORE
How Do We Pay for the Medicare We Have Now?
When it comes to Medicare, the only subject circulating in the news these days is the debate over Medicare For All and whether there is any way to pay for … READ MORE
Lonely Stances for the Next Generation
News about the sorry state of America’s fiscal affairs is often so frequent and met with such an unenthusiastic response from our political leaders that the warnings appear anticlimactic. This … READ MORE