US Budget Watch 2024
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Do We Spend More On Interest Than Defense?
During a recent town hall, former United Nations Ambassador and current Presidential candidate Nikki Haley claimed, “for the first time we're paying...
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Is Life Expectancy Really Falling?
During the fifth GOP presidential primary debate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis argued against raising the Social Security retirement age because...
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Where Do the Candidates Stand on Social Security?
In less than ten years, Social Security’s retirement trust fund will be insolvent. Under the law, this will trigger an immediate 23 percent cut in...
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Update: Talking Debt and Deficits in the GOP Debates
In the first five Presidential GOP primary debates, the current active GOP candidates have mentioned the deficit or debt a combined 31 times, with...
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How Much Did President Trump Add to the Debt?
Note: We published a more comprehensive, up-to-date comparison analysis of the amount of new ten-year borrowing approved by both Presidents Trump and...
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Talking Debt and Deficits in the GOP Debates
In the first four Presidential primary debates, the GOP candidates have mentioned the deficit or debt a combined 35 times, with former United Nations...
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Can Social Security Be Saved by Selling America’s Oil & Gas Reserves?
In a town hall hosted by Fox News, former President Donald Trump suggested that America’s fiscal problems – and specifically Social Security’s looming...
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Vivek Ramaswamy's Proposal to Increase Defense Spending
Vivek Ramaswamy, businessman and current GOP presidential candidate, has proposed increasing spending on national defense to at least 4 percent of...
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Can Economic Growth Save Social Security?
When asked whether they would support raising the Social Security retirement age to avert insolvency during last Wednesday’s Republican presidential...
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Nikki Haley's Proposal to Repeal IRA Green Tax Credits
Recently, former United Nations Ambassador and current GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley made a speech at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, in...
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Tim Scott's Proposal for Cutting Spending, Cutting Government, and Cutting Taxes
GOP presidential candidate and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) recently unveiled a comprehensive economic plan, titled “ Build. Don’t Borrow." The plan is...
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Donald Trump’s Universal Baseline Tariff
Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently suggested implementing a baseline tariff of 10 percent on all U.S...