By Kevin Mooney — While the nation was still mired in a deep recession, self-described community activists staged elaborate protests against President Reagan’s policies in the early 1980s a Nexis search reveals. On the anniversary of his 100th birthday, Reagan is widely credited and praised […]

How did Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton enjoy considerable fiscal success and preside over strong economies? They did that by restraining the growth of spending – with particular emphasis on how they reduced the burden of domestic spending as a share of GDP. The latest […]

By Bill Wilson – National Review’s Deroy Murdock is reporting that Senator Tom Coburn has discovered over $703 billion in unobligated federal funds in the Obama budget that ‘have not yet been committed by contract or other legally binding action by the government,’ according to the Office of Management and Budget . This includes $16.4 billion for the Department of Labor, $25.2 billion for Housing and Urban Development, and $309.1 billion of unspent TARP […]

The amount of new debt proposed by the new Obama budget released yesterday is larger than the total amount of debt accumulated by the federal government from 1789 until January 20, 2009. Let that sink in for just a moment before reading any further. The […]

By Bill Wilson – On Feb. 14, Barack Obama submitted his ten-year budget from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). With a straight face, he said of the proposal , “[W]e’re going to have to get serious about cutting back on those things that would be nice to have but we can do without.” Obama explained, “That’s what families across the country do every […]

By Kevin Mooney – Although recent court decisions in Florida and Virginia have bolstered the constitutional case against ObamaCare, state officials should remain proactive in their pursuit of free market alternatives, according to policy analysts with expertise in health care policy. In January, the American […]

Obama has released his 2012 budget, making cuts that he and others have described as “painful” or “dramatic.” As George Mason University Economics professor Don Boudreaux wrote , “Only by Washington standards does a two-percent spending cut qualify as ‘dramatic.’” So why are these “painful” and “dramatic” cuts? For starters, the cuts are […]

By Bill Wilson – When House Republicans released their campaign promises for the 2010 election, they wrote they would “roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone and putting us on a path to balance the […]

By Rebekah Rast – It is no surprise that the AFL-CIO and the United Steelworkers, among other union groups, are opposed to the U.S.-South Korea free trade deal. There aren’t many, if any, free trade deals they aren’t opposed to. Their argument for this particular […]

By William Warren – Be sure to contact your Representative in Congress to tell them to make the $100 billion government spending cuts. Just visit Keep the Pledge to contact your Rep. now!