Tag Archives: budget

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

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…

Health care’s hidden tax on Main Street

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?

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

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’

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

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…