Tag Archives: budget

The Time for Entitlement Reform is Now

05/04/2012 Published on Forbes.com
Both Democrats and Republicans alike were surprised when Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad recently introduced the blueprint of the Bowles-Simpson deficit-reduction plan as a starting point for the Senate’s budget negotiations. Democrats expected Conrad to put forward a Democratic budget…

The Ryan Budget Plan is a Start, but Only a Start

03/28/2012 Published on Forbes
The Republican budget plan that Congressman Paul Ryan introduced last week, which is headed for a House vote Thursday, has been predictably met with a polarized response. Those on the left have cried that such a plan would destroy social…

Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan Is A Start — But Only A Start

Published on Forbes.com
Move upMove down What the House GOP Budget Means for Seniors Howard Gleckman Contributor How Federal Medicaid Cuts Will Squeeze States Josh Barro Contributor US House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, Republican Representative fom Wisconsin, speaks to the press on…

The Final Push for IPAB Repeal

03/15/2012 Published on Forbes
Congressional Republicans announced on Friday their intent to link the widely supported House bill to repeal the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) with a more partisan medical malpractice reform bill. The IPAB repeal bill, which has been well-received thus…

President Obama’s Budgetary Delusion and the Upcoming Crisis we Face

02/15/2012 Published on Forbes
The $3.7 trillion budget that President Obama introduced yesterday clearly places spending initiatives aimed at job creation and rebuilding the American middle class ahead of deficit and debt reduction and austerity.  It is a political document, and needs to be…