Michael Sargent is a policy analyst for transportation and infrastructure in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
View all authorsWhich taxpayers experience the greatest tax burden—and who pays the most in taxes? As Americans navigated the labyrinthine tax code this Tax Day, many taxpayers… Read More
Which taxpayers experience the greatest tax burden—and who pays the most in taxes? As Americans navigated the labyrinthine tax code ahead of tax day, many… Read More
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R–Wis.) steps to reduce the budget would help boost economic growth. Ryan’s 2015 budget proposal contains more than $5… Read More
The federal government can make a decision that would save taxpayers millions of dollars, and it wouldn’t have to cut programs, furlough workers, or even… Read More
A February poll conducted by the Peterson Foundation found that the nation’s fiscal confidence remains solidly negative, a result of “unaddressed long-term fiscal challenges [that]… Read More
Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Even as many warn of an impending retirement crisis, the Obama Administration wants to impose limits on how much… Read More
Just a few weeks before President Obama releases his budget proposal to boost deficit spending for the remainder of his term, Congress voted to “raise… Read More
Economy News
Five years ago this week, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—the stimulus package—into law. Here’s a quick reminder of how some of… Read More
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) revealed in its recent budget outlook that the U.S. national debt will reach a record high of $27 trillion by… Read More
President Obama had an opportunity to satisfy the vast majority of voters by making the national debt a “high priority” in his State of the… Read More
While social commentators bemoan the impending retirement crisis facing baby boomers, younger Americans should really be the ones worrying, argues Heritage’s Romina Boccia on Next… Read More
Economy News
As part of our countdown to the new year, here are Heritage’s top five must-see charts of 2013. 5. What If a Typical Family Spent… Read More
In terms of cutting government spending, the Budget Control Act’s spending caps and sequestration have been an unparalleled success story in recent years. And yet,… Read More
As the Senate prepares to take up the new House-passed budget that undoes sequester cuts and increases spending, a clear bipartisan majority of American voters—65… Read More
Liberal economists like Paul Krugman might be calling for more government spending to help our ailing economy, but federal spending cuts are the better bet… Read More
A recent Peterson Foundation poll showed that 70 percent of registered voters believe that the country is on the wrong path when it comes to… Read More
Time for some simple math: Which poll will more accurately determine the effect of a change on a whole group—one that surveys three of 10… Read More
A clear majority of Americans believes that imposing a firm limit on borrowing with spending cuts is the only chance for Congress to kick its… Read More
While much of the debate over government funding has centered around funding for the President’s unworkable health care law, Democrats’ appetite for more unnecessary federal… Read More
Washington is in the midst of another budget fight this fall over the nation’s debt limit. What some call political brinksmanship others recognize as an… Read More
