Federal Reserve Chair: Our Massive Federal Budget Deficits Are Unsustainable
Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, issued an ominous warning to lawmakers Wednesday that the federal budget is on ‘an unsustainable path.’
While Trillions In Deficits Loom, Ernst Proposes Trimming Federal Mascots And Other PR
Wasteful items cited by Ernst include more than $600,000 on coloring books, $60,000 on key chains, $33,000 on snuggies, and $17,000 on koozies.
Trillion-Dollar Deficits Are Here To Stay, Thanks To Entitlements
While many will blame Trump, the country’s addiction to entitlements and the passage of the Affordable Care Act are the true culprits for trillion-dollar federal deficits.
3 Reasons To Oppose The Sickeningly Swampy Budget Deal
Republicans agreed to hundreds of billions in additional spending to ‘win’ something they already had. The bill will raise spending by nearly $2 trillion over the coming decade, most of that not paid for.
I’m 19. The Spendthrift Trump-Congress Budget Deal Cripples My Future
Both parties on Capitol Hill finally agree on something: spending more money. The new budget deal reminds us it’s time to call a convention of states.
Americans Need To Stop Sending Money Abroad While We Rack Up Trillions In Debt
The United States, a debtor nation with a fiscal deficit pushing $22 trillion, can no longer be big daddy to the world and has to husband its resources more judiciously.
Trump And The Senate Need To Quickly Restore Financial Oversight To Puerto Rico
Given that Puerto Rico is just recently standing up better fiscal accountability, now is the time taxpayers need the Puerto Rico Oversight Board doing the job Congress gave them to do.
The President’s Spending Cap-Busting Budget Shouldn’t Be The Best We Can Do
The president’s budget proposes we spend vastly more money for 15 years than we take in, and lead us to spending more in interest payments than we do on Social Security or defense.
7 Ideas For Making Congress Solve The National Debt Crisis
Congressional salaries should be reduced every time a budget is passed with spending exceeding revenue, a firm cap on spending should be imposed, and entitlement reform should become an urgent priority.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Demands That Congress Stop Pretending To Pay For Its Spending
Republicans may criticize Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for proposing new spending, but the difference between her and most GOP members represents one of degree rather than of kind.
Why A Hollywood Boycott Over Electing A Republican Would Actually Help Georgia
Actors want to boycott Georgia for the crime of electing a Republican governor. That would actually be a good thing for taxpayers, who are getting fleeced by stars who hate them.
When The U.S. Goes Bankrupt, Here’s Who Gets Out With The Least Pain
According to a recent estimate, the combined pension hole of all U.S. states and cities is now equal to the world’s fourth-largest economy, Germany. Also, Medicare has no money in eight years.
Republicans Are Spending Your Money Like There’s No Tomorrow
When does lavish federal spending get reined in? Not when there’s a Republican Congress, apparently.
Mitch McConnell And Democrats Mutually Reassure Our National Destruction From Entitlements
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should be reminded that two wrongs don’t make a right.
To Prove Democrats Run Congress Even In The Minority, Check Out The Latest Spending Fight
The Trump tweet illustrates a much larger problem facing congressional Republicans: They don’t want to fight—about the wall, or about much of anything, particularly spending.
I Gave Up AC This Summer To Live Within My Means. America Should Try That
Going without air conditioning is my choice to live within my means without whining or demanding that other people pay my bills.
Congress Is Aiming Toward Another Omnibus Spending Disaster. Here’s How To Prevent That
We agree with President Trump: a spending bill like the one passed this March must never happen again. Unfortunately, Congress currently is on a path to repeat that debacle.
Is CBO Working With Budget Committee Staff To Hide An Illegal Obamacare Bailout?
If CBO and House Budget are blameless, and everything about this budget change occurred in an above-board manner, they seem to have a funny way of going about proving their innocence.
Not Only Did Paul Ryan Not Fix Entitlements, He Made Them Worse
Paul Ryan’s ‘legacy’ on entitlement reform will consist of his role as the first speaker to repeal a cap on entitlement spending.
No, Nancy Pelosi, Republicans Aren’t ‘Cutting’ Medicare, But They Should
Democrats and Republicans are working together to burn down the U.S. economy by ignoring our Medicaid- and Medicare-fueled debt tsunami.
- Democrats Concede Their Impeachment Argument Is FailingDemocratic leadership has indicated they can't move thecontinue reading >
- Jury Rules Against David Daleiden, Undercover Journalists In Federal Planned Parenthood CaseThe jury in a federal civil trial ruled Daleiden and hicontinue reading >
- Marie Yovanovitch Admits There Was No Crime, No Bribery From Trump On UkraineFormer U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch admcontinue reading >
