Michael Sargent is a policy analyst for transportation and infrastructure in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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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
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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
