Tag Archives: budget

Democrats Lack Winning Strategy on Healthcare

08/17/2018 Published on Forbes.com
On July 25th a group of House Democrats led by Texas Representative Lloyd Doggett introduced legislation with the expressed aim of “authoriz[ing] the use of competition to lower prices” on prescription drugs. It’s a laudable, if not somewhat broad, goal…

To fix America’s economic woes, a common language is needed

02/19/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
America’s best chance of overcoming the great economic challenges of this age – leading the global economy, creating new jobs and fostering a culture of innovation – requires collaboration. To get there, we need a level of shared understanding about…

State Of The Union Emphasizes Economic Successes, Misses The Mark On Foreign Policy

01/21/2015 Published on Forbes.com
President Obama did his best tonight to make Americans forget what happened just a few months ago at the November midterm election. He sounded like the man at the head of the party that just won control of the House…

Medicare Part D Rebates Will Hurt More Than Help

01/19/2015 Published on Forbes.com
It’s no great secret that America needs to get its fiscal house in order. Now, that’s hardly an unpopular statement these days. And it’s a sentiment we’re hearing from both Republicans and Democrats, as well as the American people who…

Republicans And Democrats Should Be Vying For The Senior Vote

10/21/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Every election season in recent political history has brought about its fair share of surprises. 2014 is no exception. Earlier this year, we saw House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lose to Tea Party backed challenger Dave Brat. In the Kansas…

Health care’s hidden tax on Main Street

05/09/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
It was recently announced, and indeed celebrated, that over 8 million Americans signed up for coverage through ObamaCare. As the administration completed their victory lap, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) quickly released a promising projection that health insurance premiums would…

Looking Ahead To 2016: Enough About The Candidates, What About The Message?

03/15/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Douglas E. Schoen and Jessica Tarlov If today’s paper was any guide, you’d think that the 2016 presidential election was just around the corner and not years down the road. Former Obama advisor David Axelrod took to Twitter to remind…

A Step In The Right Direction For Congress, But Only A Small One

12/11/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Since the announcement last night that House and Senate negotiators have agreed to a short-term budget deal, which raises military and domestic spending over the next two years, commentators have been asking: Does Congress work? The answer is two fold.…

Lowry on move to defund ObamaCare:‘We’re going to end up in the same place’

09/19/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
National Review editor Rich Lowry told viewers Thursday that despite the latest move by House Speaker John Boehner to go along with more conservative Republicans, the budget bill will pass without defunding ObamaCare. “Ironically enough, I think we’re going to…

The Compromising Way Forward

04/02/2013 Published on Forbes.com
In the past few weeks, Democrats and Republicans have offered up competing budget proposals—the Democrats in the Senate, the Republicans in the House—to address the nation’s mounting fiscal challenges. The two budgets are roughly $1 trillion apart on taxes and…