Government & Politics
Tactical coverage of politics, usually from inside the Beltway.
- Two Budgets, One Point of Agreement, and a Third Way Steve Conover 03/22/2013
- The Senate and House budgets agree that this economy needs more growth and both predict the same growth levels — yet the Senate budget proposes higher spending, taxes, and debt than the House budget. Therein lies an opportunity for the GOP.
- Reforming the Law John Steele Gordon 03/19/2013
- Is it possible for the legal profession to reform itself?
- Measuring Freedom around the World Alan W. Dowd 03/18/2013
- The new Human Freedom Index reminds us there is much work to do to restrain the leviathan and expand liberty in the twenty-first century — at home and abroad.
- ‘Not One Dime’: Health Care Law Projected to Add $6.2 Trillion to U.S. Deficit Christopher J. Conover 03/14/2013
- Congress is likely to follow precedent and bypass the new health care law’s draconian payment cuts to doctors and hospitals, causing the law's cost to balloon by trillions of dollars.
- The 'Two Drunks' Model of Financial Crises Arnold Kling 03/13/2013
- It’s unlikely that banks and government can be disentangled, but a healthier relationship could begin with a new approach to credit guarantees.
- The Budget Debate Simplified Steve Conover 03/12/2013
- In the debate over government spending, two main schools of thought dominate airtime, but an honest account should include two more — today’s moderates and yesterday’s statesmen.
- A Better Way for Young Families to Build a Future: Social Security Taxes vs. Down Payments Alex J. Pollock 03/09/2013
- Would you rather save for retirement by building equity in a house or by putting money in an underfunded government program?
- Not So Fast: Conflicting Deadlines for the TPP and US-EU FTA Claude Barfield 03/08/2013
- President Obama has suddenly embraced a highly problematic trade agenda for his second term.
- Yes, Labels Cliff Asness 03/07/2013
- No Labels’ goal of arguing less and getting more things done is not simply wrong but dangerous too. Instead, this country needs to vigorously debate how a free society is supposed to function, with the people ultimately deciding the victor.
- Why Not Soak the Rich? Lee Harris 03/06/2013
- Republicans don’t want to ask multimillionaires to pay a penny more in taxes. Isn’t that proof that the Republican Party is the party of the rich, as liberals have always argued?