Republican Tax Fantasies
Tax cut promises are divorced from actual spending discipline.
Deficits
Is There Really Any Way to Stop College Students From Wasting Money on Their Edumications?
You can go to college for $60,000 total or $160,000. Is that really a tough decision? And what school should accept you if you pick the latter?
Rand Paul Vows Filibuster of Debt Limit Bill
Senator holds back his desire to use profanity in describing the super-spendy bill.
Generational Swindle: How DC is Screwing over Millennials
Jared Meyer on "Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America's Young"
How to Balance the Budget in One Easy Step
It's like a real life easy button no one who can wants to use.
5 Takeaways from the CBO's Latest Budget Report
Lower deficits for now, but debt remains on an unsustainable path.
Where Are the Republicans on College Costs?
Democrats have plans that obscure the real problems, but speak to the outrage.
Federal Debt to Exceed 100 Percent of GDP by 2040
Do ya think it's time to rein in the spending a tad?
Good News! Ben Carson Is Campaigning Against the Debt. Bad News? Well….
Outsider could wage a Ross Perot-style crusade against the national debt, if only his tongue would get out of the way
Tax Take Keeps Growing—But Good Luck Catching Up With Government Spending
The U.S. government has proven itself perfectly capable of outspending the healthiest revenue stream it has ever seen.
Middle Class Incomes and the Economic Productivity Conundrum
Median household incomes would have been double: Roughly $100,000 rather than $50,000
Government Debt on the Road to Ruin
Nearly every state has followed the same basic policy of making promises today and letting someone figure out how to pay for them years from now.
Obama's Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Will Cost $22 Billion
Yeah, that's bad for taxpayers.
How Obama's 529 College Tax Plan Debacle Proves the Welfare State is Doomed
Someone has to pay for it-but no one wants to foot the bill.
Americans Are Not Serious About Government Debt
Every politician knows when it comes to the budget, people can accept being lied to. It's the truth they can't abide.
Steve Chapman on Voters' Deluded Attitudes About Government Debt
Americans, in short, are willing to do anything to cut the deficit and restrain the debt except what needs to be done.
Five Libertarian Lessons in HBO's Game of Thrones
For libertarians it may seem like winter is always coming
Obama Announces Executive Order Extending Student Loan Cap, Other "Action"
Wants to extend a 2010 law to older borrowers.
Is U.S. Economic Stagnation Inevitable?
Economic doom through aging, ignorance, inequality, debt and technological stagnation.
Postal Service Losses Shrinking
Still losing hundreds of millions of dollars, but it's a decrease
