When you add other liabilities and unfunded social insurance obligations, the total federal financial sinkhole is over $125 trillion and growing faster than the economy.
In today’s partisan environment, Members of Congress who belong to the same party as the President see their role as being adjuncts to the Executive Branch. That has to stop.
Thanks to the Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act, there will now be a searchable list of every federal program, how many people work on it, how much it costs, and how it is evaluated – if at all.
Massive monetary infusions only produce inflation when the money is injected into the economy.
In the current year, the federal government collected $3.47 trillion in revenues and spent $4.47 trillion, resulting in an annual deficit for 2019 of $1 trillion.
Preparing the next generation of Americans for the future is in our nation’s greatest interest and is our society’s greatest investment.
No matter what figure NASA reports to the public, taxpayers should take initial estimates with a capsule of salt.
Even if we are successful in implementing a comprehensive plan to grow the economy, it is not going to be enough to grow our way out of our debt problems.
The greatest contribution President Trump and Congress could make in 2019 is to follow the lead of cities across America and balance their budget.
At a time when our federal government continues to expand and the national debt continues to grow, there can be virtue in gridlock.
Elected leaders profess to be concerned about the nation’s long-term economic growth. You’d never know it, however, by looking at the federal budget.
When it comes to federal spending, it’s become Christmas all year.