06/15/20
The upcoming election campaigns will be hard fought, with a paucity of objective reporting and more emphasis on personalities than on policies. Read More...Tags: Joe Biden, Ross Perot, David Walker, Fiscal Wakeup Tour, HEROES Act, Sen. Chris Coons, George Floyd, Sen. Mitt Romney, President Ronald Reagan, President Donald Trump, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Chris Wallace, President George W. Bush, Tulsa Trump Rally, Hillary Clinton, Roy Cooper, President Barack Obama
04/13/20
The timing wasn't ideal, but SAFE went ahead with a letter to the president urging that he commit to balancing the budget if reelected and offering some thoughts on strategy. Read More...Tags: President Bill Clinton, George Romney, President Ronald Reagan, President Barack Obama, Sen. Tom Carper, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Rand Paul, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester
03/09/20
Last week's ideas would help, but further steps are needed. With two more constitutional amendments and some congressional rule changes, the budget could be balanced in five years. Read More...Tags: chronic deficits, presidential budget proposals, congressional budget resolutionon, Balanced Budget Amendment, wars or national emergency, Responsible Taxing Amendment, debt limit, Treasury Department extraordinary measures, appropriation bills, OMB , CBO , joint select committees, Commissions, Hoover Commission, Grace Commission, Alan Greenspan Commission, 9/11 Commission, Bowles-Simpson commission, Sen. Tom Carper, Kenneth Oppenheimer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, President Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela, Sen. Bernie Sanders
12/23/19
Our year-end entry discusses three visionary speeches (Lincoln, Volcker, Barr); two have stood the test of time, the third is just starting to sink in. Read More...Tags: Lincoln Memorial, Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln, Edward Everett, Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, President Jimmy Carter, President Ronald Reagan, Tax Foundation, inflation, Attorney General William Barr, Federalist Society, Ted Olson, Barbara Olson, Bush 41, Bush 43, Revolutionary War, Articles of Confederation, Constitutonal Convention, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, unitary executive theory, President Donald Trump, the Resistance, CFPB, oversight demands, DACA, judcial review, nationwide injunctions
06/10/19
If ethanol made sense as a fuel, why would a government mandate be needed? Read More...Tags: Renewable Fuel Standard, ethanol blending mandate, E10, E15, American prairie, flooding, carbon emissions, EPA, Environmental Working Group, fracking revolution, President Ronald Reagan, President Donald Trump, Big Oil, Big Ethanol
02/25/19
SAFE contacts selected political leaders re path forward for the fiscal problem. Effective presidential leadership would be essential as Congress isn't equipped to get the job done on its own.
Read More...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, President Donald Trump, Peter Schiff, budget caps, Rep. John Yarmuth, carbon tax, President Ronald Reagan, targeted spending cuts, Major Savings and Reforms, presidential leadership, President Bill Clinton