Fiscal Policy

In the 12 fiscal months that ended on Sept. 30, the federal deficit effectively doubled compared to 2022. And the fact that Washington would run such high deficits in comparatively good economic times speaks to both the structural problems…

President Joe Biden’s recent budget for fiscal year 2024 comes with a glaring contradiction hiding in plain sight. To wit, the policies pursued by “Middle Class Joe” — a sobriquet that The Washington Post notes Biden bestowed upon himself —…

In its budget last month, the White House claimed that “the Administration is committed to protecting and strengthening Social Security.” But the recently released annual report from that program’s trustees portrays a different story. The…

This is among the most wrongheaded, poorly designed tax proposals in recent memory. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he last time the White House put Treasury secretary Janet Yellen in front of television cameras, she was tasked with defending a…

Attendees cheer at the Tea Party Patriots ‘Exempt America from Obamacare’ rally at the U.S. Capitol in 2013. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) A Tea Party II opposed to socialism would have much more appeal than a Tea Party opposed to big…

President Biden makes remarks from the White House in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2021. (Erin Scott/Reuters) Biden’s attack on public transparency can’t touch one Trump regulatory safeguard — yet. Washington’s new motto is: When you run…