08/19/19 Filed in:
Budget Here’s a blueprint for balancing the budget, incorporating proposals from a variety of sources. Hang in there, fiscal hawks, we still have a chance to avert disaster. Read More...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, Republcan Study Committee, Office of Management and Budget, Citizens Against Goverment Waste, tax credits, tax collections, federal grants, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
If the fiscal problem is going to be solved, younger Americans must get engaged. It remains to be seen whether and how they will choose to proceed. Read More...Tags: The Can Kicks Back, Senator Alan Simpson, gangman style , Millennials, Social Security Works, entitlement programs, International Monetary Fund, blame game, generational equity, Baby Boomers, Republcan Study Committee, polling younger Americans, open mind on socialism, disillusioned with capitalism, Great Recession, US educational system, digital revolution
08/28/17 Filed in:
SpendingThere is no bipartisan consensus to solve the fiscal problem so the majority party should lead the way. Read More...Tags: political posturing, debt limit, Treasury Department, Treaasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Republcan Study Committee, Rep. Mark Walker, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, appropriation bills, continuing resolution, MASA Act, Rep. Diane Black, filibuster rule, border wall funding, Sen. John Cornyn, DACA Program, President Donald Trump, Phoenix rally, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, immigration reform
03/20/17 Filed in:
HealthcareRepublicans must pass a healthcare bill or else, and with presidential leadership they will get it done. Read More...Tags: American Health Care Act, repeal and replace GovCare, Congressional Budget Office, repeal of individual mandate, reduced HCI coverage, Trumpcare, Ryancare, Speaker Paul Ryan, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republcan Study Committee, House Freedom Caucus, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Bill Cassidy, Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Mark Meadows, Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Dan Heller, Sen. Rand Paul, Senate/House conference committee, 2009 Healthcare Summit, President Barack Obama, Sen. Ted Kennedy