Paving the Way for Sustainable Highway Financing
Congress faces yet another deadline, and yet again is set to stall. This time, there literally could be a bumpy road ahead. The current legislation authorizing highway and mass-transit spending is...
View ArticleDeficit Shrinks, but We're Not Out of the Woods
For a change, there is actually some good news in fiscal policy. Late last week, the Department of Treasury reported that the budget deficit in 2015 fell to $439 billion. That's about a 10 percent drop...
View ArticleCandidates' Numbers Must Add Up
Although ballots are being cast and the field is narrowing, voters still don't know a lot about what the presidential candidates would do in the White House. This is especially true when it comes to...
View ArticleCandidates, Stop Perpetuating Social Security Myths. Start Offering Solutions.
There’s an old saying that Social Security is the third rail of American politics — touch it and you die. That’s unfortunate, given that Social Security is on a path towards insolvency; failure to...
View ArticleBoth Clinton and Trump Would Grow National Debt
Our national debt is at post-war record-high levels and projected to grow unsustainably. And neither former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nor businessman Donald Trump would reverse course — Trump,...
View ArticleThree Smart Reforms in Trump's Budget
There is a lot to criticize in President Trumps first full budget. It is based on phony economic growth assumptions; omits what could be a multi-trillion-dollar tax plan; practically ignores the...
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