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Lunch with Heritage: Online Chat on Spending
Click here to join us on right now for our “Lunch with Heritage” online chat. We are joined by Heritage’s Budget expert Pat Knudsen. He… Read More
Appropriations Tracker: Monitoring FY 2012 Spending Bills
The Heritage Foundation yesterday launched its fiscal year (FY) 2012 Appropriations Tracker, which monitors the progress of appropriations bills as they move through the House… Read More
Job Creators Call for Bold Solutions on Tax Reform, Deficit Reduction
Washington politicians talk a good game when it comes to job creation. But when it comes to actually doing something, they’ve been unable to provide… Read More
Myths of Austerity Failures
Evidence shows that “austerity” during a sharp downturn in 1920 coincided with quick economic recovery and robust growth throughout the rest of the decade. Nevertheless,… Read More
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Super Committee Proposal: Tax Hikes Should Be a Nonstarter
For months now the so-called super committee has been meeting in secret, tasked with delivering a budget-cutting (er… make that deficit-cutting) plan. Many have doubted… Read More
Does ‘Austerity’ Work?
Remember the Great Depression of the 1920s? If not, that’s because it didn’t happen. The recession of the early ‘20s quickly ended after spending and… Read More
Morning Bell: What is the American Idea?
What is the American idea? That all depends on whom you ask. According to President Barack Obama, it’s the notion that the federal government is… Read More
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Super Committee Gets Recommendations from Senate Finance Republicans
Next month, the “super committee” will release its plan to find savings in the federal budget over the next decade. A report from the Senate… Read More
The Video AARP Hasn’t Made: Medicare’s Need for Structural Reform
Medicare—on its current path—cannot be sustained. At a recent hearing held by the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Ranking Member Senator Bob Corker (R–TN) stressed… Read More
Illinois Shows that Taxing and Spending Has Consequences
In January 2011, newly elected Illinois governor Pat Quinn imposed a 67% income tax increase on citizens and a sharp increase in the corporate tax rate… Read More
