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Trump White House Has Smaller Staff, Spends Less on Salaries Than Obama White House
Over $20 million in taxpayer funds could be saved at the end of President Donald Trump’s first term in office due to his leaner White… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Key Similarities Between Greece and the US
In June, Greece defaulted on a €1.73 billion payment to the International Monetary Fund. In a national referendum shortly thereafter, the Greeks strongly rejected European… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
WRRDA and Backdoor Earmarks
House and Senate conferees ushering the otherwise-flawed Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) conference report through to final passage are touting its lack of… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
First Take on Water Resources Conference Report: Lacks Necessary Reforms, Hikes Spending
After six months of negotiations, the House–Senate conference report dubbed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act has surfaced. It would authorize new Army Corps of… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
What the 2014 Deficit Tells and Doesn’t About the U.S. Budget Gap
While the budget has received relatively little attention since February, one misleading headline has made the rounds: “US on Track for Narrowest Budget Gap Since… Read More
5 Years of Obama: The Real Story
Considering the country’s weak economic growth of just 0.1 percent last quarter, it is worth reflecting on the recovery effort that President Obama and his… Read More
What Bill Gates Got Right on Welfare Reform
Bill Gates shared some insightful comments on welfare reform in an interview last month with Rolling Stone. “Why aren’t the technocrats taking the poverty programs,… Read More
Paul Ryan’s Budget Won’t Pass. This Is Why It Still Matters
Even symbolic gestures can sometimes be important. Consider “The Path to Prosperity,” drafted by Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R–Wis.) budget committee and passed by the House… Read More
Why the Government Shouldn’t be an ATM
Our federal government is very good at moving money from place to place. In fact, some 70 percent of federal government spending consists of simply… Read More
Who Creates Jobs—and Why?
If you want to protect spending in Washington, call it “job creation.” That’s the flip side of yesterday’s quip by Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at… Read More
