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After the U.S. Credit Downgrade, Let's Talk About a Radical Budgetary Change Aug. 10, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

Fitch Ratings just downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating due in part to Congress's erosion ... Read More

Should We Blame the Budget Players or the Game? Aug. 03, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

It's common knowledge among budget experts that the budget process is "broken." Anyone who regularly... Read More

Wanted: A President Who Will Embrace the Spending Challenge Jun. 29, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

Election season is getting into gear, and that means politicians of all stripes making promises abou... Read More

Why the Debt Ceiling Continues to Matter May. 11, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

The debt-ceiling standoff has people concerned about what will happen if the U.S. defaults on its de... Read More

Junk Fees Are Just Bureaucratic Junk Food May. 04, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

Any parent will tell you that forcing children to eat their spinach is no way to win a household pop... Read More

Are More Progressives Coming Around on Overregulation? Mar. 30, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

George McGovern, the Democratic Party's 1972 presidential nominee, was a liberal icon. During many y... Read More

The President's Budget Reveals the Real Priority: Tax Hikes Mar. 16, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

Budgets are about priorities. In the Biden administration's new budget, its apparent priorities are ... Read More

The Simple Solution to the Coming Demographic Challenge Feb. 23, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

Newspapers have been reporting on the demographic challenges in Asian nations like China, Japan and ... Read More

Trump's Tax Returns Spur the Wrong Policy Debate Jan. 05, 2023

Veronique de Rugy

The recent release of former President Donald Trump's tax returns has triggered two seemingly contra... Read More

Doing the Tax-Dodge Tap Dance Jan. 15, 2020

Jim Hightower

Sen. Russell Long, the powerful Senate Finance Committee chair from 1966 to 1981 from the great stat... Read More

Tax Law Changes for 2020 Jan. 07, 2020

Succeeding in Your Business

Each year brings new changes to our Byzantine tax system, and 2020 is no different, with recent fede... Read More

12 New Year's Resolutions for 2019: Part 2 of 2 Jan. 08, 2019

Succeeding in Your Business

Here are seven more New Year's resolutions for business owners. Find Three New Sources of Salable Pr... Read More

12 New Year's Resolutions for 2019: Part 1 of 2 Jan. 01, 2019

Succeeding in Your Business

When you stop to think about it, New Year's resolutions are all about habits, breaking some bad ones... Read More

Blue-State Republicans Turn to Democrats Oct. 18, 2018

Froma Harrop

You'd think that with stocks still up for the year and the new tax law smiling on big earners, the f... Read More