Budget and Deficit

Based on the Senate budget resolution passed early Saturday morning, we were better off when the Senate didn’t pass budgets.

Cyprus proposes a quick and efficient way to do what President Obama has already done.

By showing that they are serious about restraining the growth of government spending, Republicans leaders have made themselves relevant again.

I don’t know how much money President Obama thinks it saves by canceling White House tours, but we do have several estimates of how much Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost.  Typical estimates put the figure in the $60 billion a year range for each program.

Even the media are beginning to recognize that the White House and its minions have trouble recognizing—and telling—the truth.

Wasting $850 billion is just fine with the Government Class, but claw back 5 percent of it and it’s a zombie apocalypse—of course, since the federal government funded first responder training for a zombie apocalypse, we should still be okay.

New Jersey's Chris Christie is the latest Republican governor to suddenly capitulate to ObamaCare after years of rallying against the program.

Scary budget scenarios are flying over Virginia faster than F-15s over Afghanistan, but fiscal analysts say Chicken Little defenses are pointless, and off target.

An opinion piece by Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, lays out the case not only for celebrating the sequester, but for beginning to plan for the second round of it.

Thanks to Washington’s failure to keep the growth of government in check or even adhere to any kind of rational budget process, the Great Sequester of 2013 should be celebrated, not feared, says a new IPI publication.