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Inflation-Driven Debt Could Sink Economy Jul. 17, 2025
Can you hear the canary in the economy's coal mine singing her heart out? You know that we are head... Read More
Rand Paul Is Right About the Debt Jun. 04, 2025
"Let's talk about the deficit." That is what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on t... Read More
One Big Ugly Debt May. 21, 2025
On Jan. 2, 2024, House Speaker Mike Johnson posted a warning on X. "The national debt is the greates... Read More
Trump's War On Big Debt Is A War For National Survival Apr. 09, 2025
The best time to fight a war is when you can win it. Believing America is still economically innovat... Read More
Deep State and Big Debt: America's Self-Inflicted Strategic Threat Feb. 19, 2025
The political hacks opposing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are laughable — un... Read More
Strategic Challenges 2025: Petrarch, Nukes, Anarchy and Debt Jan. 01, 2025
In January 2022, I wrote my first formal annual Strategic Challenges column — a quick assessme... Read More
The Debt This Congress Leaves Behind Dec. 25, 2024
When Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was serving his first term in 2018, he warned his col... Read More
Elon And Vivek (EV) Should Ask Ike: Big Debt Is a National Security Threat Nov. 27, 2024
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — at the request of President-Elect Donald Trump — are loo... 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
Trump Threatens Social Security's Stability Oct. 24, 2024
Donald Trump's tax and spending plans would add enormous amounts to the national debt, with some est... Read More
America Needs a Congress That Will Stop Borrowing Money Oct. 23, 2024
With the November election approaching, much attention is focused on the presidential contest —... Read More
Deceitful Promises Oct. 16, 2024
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris keep making new promises. Trump fans applauded when he said he'll eli... Read More
America's Bipartisan Spending Suicide Pact Oct. 11, 2024
The greatest moral hazard in American life is politics. Many of you probably remember 2012 GOP presi... Read More
How History Will Remember Biden Jul. 24, 2024
When Vice President Joe Biden met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing in 2011, the two men jo... Read More
Debt Up $7 Trillion Under Biden Jul. 10, 2024
Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the federal debt has increased by more than $7 trillion. ... Read More
You Owe $100,000! Jun. 19, 2024
America is now almost $35 trillion in debt. That means every American owes $100,000. The Biden admin... Read More
This Porkbelly Pig Says Just Say No To Pork Jun. 17, 2024
WASHINGTON — Overspending has been such a part of the fabric of the nation's capital that the ... Read More
2024 Could Be a Race Between Bidenomics, Trump Tax Cuts May. 28, 2024
WASHINGTON — CBS News wants you to know that if you think the U.S. economy isn't doing well, y... Read More
Fix Social Security With Ownership, Not More Government May. 15, 2024
The trustees for Social Security have just issued their annual report. And, as we have learned annua... 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
