02/19/18 Filed in:
SpendingIn the wake of the budget deal and subsequent delivery of a "dead on arrival" budget, prospects for solving the fiscal problem seem remote - but SAFE isn't about to give up. Read More...Tags: Bipartisan Budget Act, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Chuck Schumer , joint select committee, An American Budget, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, infrastructure program, President Donald Trump, gas tax increase, DACA Program, Sen. Ted Cruz, Jose Alvarez, filibuster rule, omnibus appropriation bill, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Sen. Patty Murray, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Congressional Budget Act ot 1974, impoundment, Congressional Budget Office, Dick Timberlake, budget red line, discretionary spending, mandatory spending, entitlement programs, tax preferences, Rep. Kevin Brady, Neil Brechtel, term limits
02/12/18 Filed in:
SpendingThe more one examines last week's bipartisan, bicameral budget deal, which raised government spending levels across the board, the uglier it looks. Read More...Tags: Bipartisan Budget Act, DACA , President Donald Trump, border wall , dreamers, Diversity Visa Lottery, chain migration, Sen Chuck Schumer, Sen Mitch McConnell, deficits, debt ceiling, House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Chris Coons, budget caps, CHIP, community health[care] centers, tea party, President's budget proposal, defense spending, debt limit, tax preferences, fuel cell investment tax credit, Medicare, Independent Payment Advisory Board, donut hole, Joint Select Committe re budget process, "Super Committee" in 2011
The GOP tax plan is poorly explained, gives short shrift to the dictates of fiscal responsibility, and muddles or misses tax reform opportunities. It’s as though Republicans caved to anticipated objections before the debate began. Read More...Tags: pro-growth tax reform, victory for the middle class, individual tax cuts, busines tax cuts, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan, trickle-down economics, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, two-for-one plan, SimpleTax, tax brackets, tax preferences, free rider problem, Child Tax Credit, wind production tax credit, dividends, capital gains, death tax