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GAO: $2.8 Trillion in Estimated Improper Payments Since Fiscal 2003 Jun. 11, 2025
A House subcommittee held a hearing on April 16, 2024, that revealed some remarkable problems with f... Read More
One Big Thing Biden Will Leave Behind Nov. 06, 2024
The 1972 presidential election — which pitted incumbent President Richard Nixon against Sen. G... Read More
What Happened to D.C.'s Fiscal Watchdogs? May. 08, 2024
WASHINGTON — The April jobs report found the U.S. economy added 175,000 new positions, but it ... Read More
USA IOU. Brother, Can You Spare a Trillion? Mar. 15, 2024
WASHINGTON — Fiscal restraint is dead. The federal government spends $1.5 trillion more than i... Read More
Biden's 'Fiscally Responsible Ways' Mar. 13, 2024
President Joe Biden — in his State of the Union address — once again tried to present hi... Read More
Will Speaker Johnson Balance the Budget? Nov. 29, 2023
Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson has posted on his congressional website what he calls "The ... Read More
Here's One Way to Demand Rational Government Nov. 16, 2023
In a world where economic decisions are mostly driven by short-term goals and political pressures, t... Read More
The Double-the-Debt Decade Sep. 18, 2023
President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in a pr... Read More
The Double-the-Debt Decade Sep. 13, 2023
President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in a pr... Read More
Not a Good Deal Jul. 28, 2023
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his fiscal 1941 budget proposal on Jan. 3, 1940, he i... Read More
Not a Good Deal Jul. 26, 2023
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his fiscal 1941 budget proposal on Jan. 3, 1940, he i... Read More
Josh Hawley, Eric Schmitt, Cori Bush Declined To Be Grownups on Debt Ceiling Jun. 06, 2023
The good news is that last week's debt-ceiling deal established there are still some grownups in Con... Read More
What You Need to Know About the Debt-Ceiling Debate Apr. 27, 2023
If you read news coverage about the brewing battle over raising the debt ceiling, you might think it... Read More
The Federal Government Spent $19,762 Per Capita in FY2020 Jul. 14, 2021
Two years after World War I ended — in fiscal 1920 — the federal government spent approx... Read More
The NRA Is Struggling with Legal and Fiscal Problems and Internal Turmoil. Good. May. 01, 2019
While the nation's preeminent gun-rights organization met last week amid internal turmoil, another m... Read More
Spending Caps Are Low-Hanging Fruit in the Fight Against Debt Aug. 10, 2017
Another debt ceiling fight is just around the corner. The government's borrowing limit will need to ... Read More
Speak Now, Congress, or Forever Maintain the Status Quo Oct. 08, 2015
The House of Representatives is looking for a new speaker. Such times of change present a perfect op... Read More
A Note to 'Fiscal Conservatives' From a Social Conservative Mar. 04, 2014
One frequently hears this political self-identification: "I'm socially liberal, but fiscally conserv... Read More
Don't Raise the Debt Limit! Jan. 24, 2011
I have a simple idea to save America from fiscal calamity. I don't know why anyone else is not propo... Read More
