Budget

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The 19 Percent Solution

How to balance the budget without increasing taxes

Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy | 2.14.2011 11:30 AM

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"At no point in the president's 10-year projection would the U.S. government spend less than it's taking in."

Peter Suderman | 2.14.2011 10:18 AM

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Oh, the Poetry of Meaningless Budget Cuts

Peter Suderman | 2.7.2011 7:08 PM

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Texas Outspending California?

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.4.2011 1:40 PM

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No Military Immunity

America's bloated defense budget is ripe for cutting.

Jacob Sullum | 2.2.2011 7:00 AM

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Jerry Brown: (Tapping Microphone) "Is This Thing Working?"

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.1.2011 7:59 AM

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Debt Presidents

Peter Suderman | 1.26.2011 1:32 PM

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It's Still Not Time for Potential Solutions (or Honesty)

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2011 12:58 PM

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Doesn't Rand Paul Know We're in the Middle of a Fiscal Year?

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2011 11:52 AM

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Cali Controller Announces Big Bust of Redevelopment Scams

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.25.2011 5:53 PM

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Paul Ryan, Supervillain?

Peter Suderman | 1.25.2011 12:29 PM

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Redevelopers to Jerry Brown: Let There Be Blight

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.22.2011 7:03 AM

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"Congress used CBO to get the answer they wanted. I get that. I ran the CBO. They used me too."

Peter Suderman | 1.21.2011 3:11 PM

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If You Thought Passing ObamaCare Would Reduce the Deficit, You'll Probably Believe that Repealing It Will Increase the Deficit

Peter Suderman | 1.7.2011 11:41 AM

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Medicaid: Can't Get Enough of Your Love Money, Baby

Peter Suderman | 1.6.2011 1:03 PM

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Did Eric Cantor's Criticism of ObamaCare's Budgeting Cross a New Line for the GOP?

Peter Suderman | 1.5.2011 11:41 AM

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Proposed GOP Budget Cut Figures Were Just Hypothetical

Peter Suderman | 1.5.2011 10:15 AM

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Reason.tv: Porkers of the Month for December 2010!

Reason Staff | 12.21.2010 3:00 PM

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Does public service mean never taking a pay cut? Tim Cavanaugh on the strange case of Gil Cedillo

Reason Staff | 12.13.2010 7:58 PM

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Reason On TV: Tim Cavanaugh Talks Govt. Xmas Gift-Getting on Varney

Reason Staff | 12.13.2010 9:22 AM

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A Leaner Leviathan

Unfortunately, balancing the federal budget won't require radical change.

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2010 7:00 AM

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Story Time With David Brooks and Paul Ryan

The wonky legislator and the cerebral columnist battle over the big-government narrative.

Peter Suderman | 12.3.2010 4:30 PM

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Reason.tv: Porkers of The Month for November 2010: Senators Tom Carper and George Voinovich!

Reason Staff | 11.23.2010 3:00 PM

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We're Gonna Need a Bigger Belt

Peter Suderman | 11.23.2010 9:38 AM

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Surprise, California! Budget Deficit 25 Percent Worse Than a Month Ago

Brian Doherty | 11.12.2010 6:10 PM

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It Depends On What the Meaning of "Cut" Is

Peter Suderman | 11.11.2010 2:16 PM

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Nancy Pelosi, Richard Trumka, and Grover Norquist Band Together to Prove that Deficit Reduction is Very, Very Difficult

Peter Suderman | 11.11.2010 10:27 AM

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More Republicans Who Support Cutting Defense Spending

Peter Suderman | 11.10.2010 4:05 PM

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It's Debt Reduction Proposal Season!

Peter Suderman | 11.10.2010 11:07 AM

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Why Is Ron Paul Supporting Spendthrift Bachus for Committee Chair?

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.7.2010 1:11 AM

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But What If the Projections Are Wrong?

Peter Suderman | 11.4.2010 3:09 PM

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Journey to the Center of the Average Mind: West Coast

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.3.2010 6:15 PM

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DeMint to Newbie Fiscal Conservatives: Gird Your Loins

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.3.2010 11:34 AM

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Will Medicare Bankrupt the U.S.?

Peter Suderman | 10.26.2010 4:56 PM

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Reason on the Tube: Tim Cavanaugh Talks Calipocalypse on Varney & Co.

Reason Staff | 10.18.2010 2:55 PM

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Democrats to Seniors: We Would Like to Give You Some Free Money. Hint, Hint.

Peter Suderman | 10.18.2010 10:52 AM

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There's No Defense For Obama's Defense Spending

Peter Suderman | 10.13.2010 9:03 AM

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Reason on the (Local) Tube: Tim Cavanaugh Bids Adieu to Cal Budget Fooferaw

Reason Staff | 10.12.2010 3:25 PM

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Making Better Budget Rules

Peter Suderman | 10.11.2010 3:36 PM

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Reason On the Tube: Tim Cavanaugh Talks California on the 10 O'Clock News

Reason Staff | 10.7.2010 9:23 PM

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eMeg Will Use Skill Set to Dissect California

Meg Whitman's plan for the Golden State is too grown-up for its own good

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.1.2010 4:30 PM

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What to Do About Medicare

Peter Suderman | 9.29.2010 1:01 PM

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Tim Cavanaugh Talks California On Varney & Co. This Morning 10am Eastern (7am Pacific)

Reason Staff | 9.28.2010 8:06 AM

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The Republican Pledge to Avoid Doing Anything About Medicare

Peter Suderman | 9.24.2010 3:32 PM

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The Case Against Government Spending

Peter Suderman | 9.16.2010 5:31 PM

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Update on the Impending Budgepocalypse: U.S. to Run Second Largest Deficit in 65 Years

Peter Suderman | 9.9.2010 12:23 PM

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Debt Wish

Peter Suderman | 9.2.2010 11:40 AM

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For Certain Is Debt for the Born

Peter Suderman | 8.30.2010 3:39 PM