J.D. Foster, Author at The Daily Signal

Chrysler: Pay Back the Money!

J.D. Foster | May 06, 2009

The Obama Administration appears about to walk away from $7.5 billion in taxpayer money used to prop up Chrysler. This little information nugget was buried… Read More

The Tax Punisher

J.D. Foster | May 04, 2009

President Obama’s new corporate tax proposals cover two issues: tax evasion and tax punishment. He may have it half right. The tax evasion part is… Read More

Economy

Treasury Exposes Markets to Added Stress Flu

J.D. Foster | April 28, 2009

Markets are weighed down by worries over the new swine flu and the ongoing stress flu; the former from Mexico, the latter from the Treasury… Read More

Initial Talking Points on CBO Scoring of Obama Budget

J.D. Foster | March 20, 2009

• President Obama’s budget presented at the end of February painted a picture of a fiscal trainwreck. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today confirmed what… Read More

House Republicans Show the Search for Principles Goes On

J.D. Foster | March 20, 2009

In Thursday’s outraged House debate on the AIG bonuses, House Republicans rallied around a different approach. Members of both parties in the House and Senate… Read More

Darling Needs a College Refresher

J.D. Foster | March 13, 2009

In his piece “International Cooperation is the Way Out of the Financial Crisis” Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2009, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair… Read More

One (Small) Reason For Optimism at the G20 Meeting

J.D. Foster | March 11, 2009

The European Union (EU) is once again lecturing America on its economic policies, and thanks to President Obama’s policies and his allies in Congress, the… Read More

No Defense for Obamanomics

J.D. Foster | March 09, 2009

Laura Tyson’s “In Defense of Obamanomics” in the Wall Street Journal Monday well portrayed the view of history and government from the classical American socialist… Read More

Obama Tax Proposals (Mostly) Bad News

J.D. Foster | February 26, 2009

President Obama’s budget document lacks the details necessary to judge fully his tax proposals. What we have are proposed streams of revenues over 10 years… Read More

Building a Foundation for Budgetary Failure

J.D. Foster | February 26, 2009

The title to President Obama’s budget refers to a new era of responsibility. Responsible budgeting begins with credible economic forecasts. The Obama economic forecast doesn’t… Read More

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