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Pass the Big Beautiful Bill, and Then Do Major Reforms Jun. 11, 2025
As Senate Republicans turn the One Big Beautiful Bill, passed by one vote in the House, into a major... Read More
Trump Likely to Stiff Workers Who Elected Him Dec. 03, 2024
Working-class voters put Donald Trump over the top, thinking he would look out for their interests. ... Read More
A Second Trump Presidency Would Be Terrible for the Economy Sep. 20, 2024
Following the Eating Pets imbroglio, one would think that undecided voters would have their doubts q... Read More
America's Fiscal Ethos: From Alexander Hamilton's Day to Our Own Apr. 11, 2024
Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle recently wrote that the best argument made in favor of limit... Read More
Why Keep Worrying About Debt? Speculation Versus Reality Feb. 01, 2024
Over the years, I've offered many explanations about why the trajectory of the national debt is deep... Read More
Candidates: Don't Let Interest Costs Derail Your Presidential Plans Jan. 18, 2024
Remember when Republicans on the campaign trail would talk about how they would make sure to put the... Read More
America's Top National Security Threat Is Our Runaway Debt Oct. 24, 2023
After spending $6 trillion on social welfare and a Green New Deal spending spree and running our nat... Read More
The Truth About the Debt Limit Fight Feb. 03, 2023
As with so many of our national debates, the truth about the current debt limit fight is not just di... Read More
Joe Biden Says He Loves Trains -- Not So Much Mar. 24, 2022
It's well known that Joe Biden — who regularly rode the Amtrak train between Wilmington and Wa... Read More
The United Federal Administrative Units of America? Aug. 12, 2021
Warnings that state and local governments faced a fiscal calamity were predictably plentiful when it... Read More
Why Spending Matters in Times of Inflation and High Debt Jul. 22, 2021
A lot of people don't care about the nation's growing debt. Some believe that low interest rates for... Read More
98% of the Way There: Trump's Super V-Shaped Recovery May. 11, 2021
The U.S. economy peaked in late 2019 at $21 trillion. We are now remarkably 98% back to where we wer... Read More
States Fight Back Against Biden War on the West Apr. 06, 2021
President Ronald Reagan used to refer to our country as "these United States," not "the United State... Read More
Assessing Trump's Experiment With Protectionist Trade Policies Dec. 10, 2020
With President Donald Trump soon departing Washington, now is a great time to assess his protectioni... Read More
Giving Thanks and Maintaining Perspective, Even in a Pandemic Nov. 26, 2020
Every Thanksgiving, we make a conscious effort to give thanks. This year, even in the midst of a pan... Read More
Biden's Search for Bipartisanship (and Bloated Budgets) Nov. 12, 2020
As he claimed victory in the race for the White House, Joe Biden declared that now is "a time to hea... Read More
I Guess God Isn't a Republican? Nov. 10, 2020
Think back to one year ago this month. America was at peace. American troops were coming home from t... Read More
Would Both Trump and Biden Bring More of the Same? Nov. 05, 2020
Once again, Election Day in America has come and gone with some lingering questions as to when the r... Read More
When Puff the Magic Multiplier Goes Poof Aug. 13, 2020
When revenue shrinks by 1% of GDP and spending increases by 51% over 10 months, you get a $2.8 trill... Read More
Alberto Alesina and Austerity's Influence May. 28, 2020
The world has lost a great economist. Alberto Alesina suddenly passed away from cardiac arrest while... Read More
