We spend much of our time discussing and pointing out the precarious state of our federal budget. But the federal budget isn't the only area of public...

Our friend across the pond, the United Kingdom, is dealing with its own fiscal challenges. Currently, their debt-GDP ratio stands at over 71 percent...

Day of “Discovery” – Today we celebrate the man who quasi-discovered the Americas with a quasi-holiday that not everyone gets off (including the Line)...

The Center for American Progress recently released " A Thousand Cuts," which detailed what spending cuts could be adopted to achieve primary budget...

CBO, in its most recent Monthly Budget Review, estimated that the FY 2010 budget deficit (the fiscal year that ended at the end of September) was just...

There’s a chill in the air – and not just from the weather. Today’s weak job market news for September (the tough employment situation appears to be...

The Hill reports that Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) urged fellow lawmakers this week at a tax policy conference to focus on fundamental tax reform instead...

The Economist has something pretty interesting up on its website: a global debt clock. The clock measures global debt held by the public (different...

CRFB President Maya MacGuineas offers some stimulus suggestions that balance aiding the economy in the short term with reducing the debt in the longer...

Social Security is getting a lot of attention these days. However, much of the discussion is centered on what not to do: don’t cut benefits; don’t...