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Highway Conference Agreement is Both Gimmicky and Costly
Read moreCongressional negotiators this week released a conference agreement on highway spending authorization that will largely settle the issue of highway...
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Lankford Publishes Federal Fumbles
Read moreSenator James Lankford (R-OK), former Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-OK) successor, is maintaining the Debt Doctor's legacy with his Federal Fumbles book...
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Five-Year Highway Bill Could Be a Costly Mistake
Read moreAs the House and Senate are conferencing their highway bills, a debate has broken out over how to spend the $78 billion of offsets. Setting aside the...
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Does Significantly Less Than 10 Percent of Defense Spending Go to Fighting International Terrorism?
Read moreDuring the November 14th Democratic debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said “We're spending over $600 billion a year on the military and yet...
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Does the U.S. Spend More Per Person on Health Care Without Better Outcomes?
Read moreIn the November 14 Democratic debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said the United States spends more per person on health care than any other major...
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The Federal Reserve Budget Gimmick In The House Transportation Bill
Read moreThe transportation bill that the House passed last week contains a budget gimmick worth almost $60 billion (Wall Street Journal Paywall). The...
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Does the U.S. Spend More on Its Military Than the Next 10 Countries Combined?
Read moreDuring last night’s debate in an exchange between Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio on defense spending, Paul claimed that “we spend more on our...
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Has the Government Spent $2 Trillion on the Wars in the Middle East?
Read moreDuring the fourth Republican debate last night, Donald Trump suggested that we have spent $2 trillion on the wars in the Middle East. Between Fiscal...
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Would Cutting Spending by 1% Balance the Budget in Less Than Five Years?
Read moreDuring the November 10 Republican debate, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said when discussing balanced budgets, "I’m also in favor of a plan called the penny...
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Can the Budget Realistically Be Balanced Without Touching Social Security or Medicare?
Read moreDuring this election cycle, candidates may try to claim that it’s possible to bring the federal budget to balance without touching Medicare or Social...