Brian Riedl
Brian Riedl
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The Senate is clearly dragging its feet on spending reform. Some senators have called for instead reversing the tax cuts.
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What that means is those costs are being passed down to our children - with interest.
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Earmarks could be worthy or not, but we still consider it corrupting because lawmakers are deciding who gets a grant.
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dump the largest debt in world history into the laps of the next generation. Within a decade, tax increases would need to reach $7,000 per household (a 37 percent tax hike) just to balance the budget.
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There's so much investment capital out there for profitable new technologies. Investors are constantly looking for good ideas to invest in. If these ideas are as good as these companies say, they should have no problem, at minimum, finding a loan.
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Even small-government conservatives believe Washington should prioritize defense, safety and security, and therefore see rescuing New Orleans as a top government priority.
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Sacrifice? ... At this time, there is none.
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Director Portman will be inheriting the most dire long-term fiscal outlook we've ever had. The first baby boomers retire in 18 months, and the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid costs are set to explode. On top of that, he'll be dealing with a Congress that's absolutely addicted to runaway spending and pork!
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Congress continues to resist cutting even one program.
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Most lawmakers are coming to the conclusion that the spending spree we're seeing right now is unsustainable.
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Nearly all of their savings comes from this cut to total discretionary spending. That does nothing for the real long-term problem.
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Mike Pence has done a fabulous job leading the Republican Study Committee. They have put out a realistic and credible and specific budget proposal to get spending under control when virtually no one else is talking about it.
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Montana is getting more highway pork, but so is every other state.
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More than anything else, this one program threatens the long-term federal budget.