State Budget

Video: “Driving” Federal Debt

• Nathan Benefield
• May 18, 2009

Here is a great video explaining the growth in federal debt in an easy to understand metaphor – i.e. how fast presidents are driving. George W. Bush “drove” faster…

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Some Perspectives on Obama’s 100 Days

• Nathan Benefield
• April 29, 2009

Reason Magazine sums up the “change” of the Obama administration:  On the economy, and specifically on the economic crisis, Obama came to office promising a…

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Ted Nugent Headlines San Antonio Tea Party

• April 17, 2009

Ted Nugent accompanied Glenn Beck at the San Antonio Tax Day Tea Party held in front of the Alamo on April 15th. Nugent provided the soundtrack…

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Taxes & Economy

Which Tax Cuts Have Stimulated the Economy?

• Nathan Benefield
• April 9, 2009

“‘We tried that, and it didn’t work,’ Obama and his partisans sneer in response to arguments that tax cuts are the key to restoring economic growth.”  But as Peter…

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Taxes & Economy

Big Business Still Loves Big Government

• Nathan Benefield
• April 8, 2009

HT to Joe Collins for pointing me to Timothy Carney’s article in the Washington Examiner. Despite the oft-repeated rhetoric that free market advocates are the puppets of big…

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Taxes & Economy

Bush vs, Obama Deficit in Picture

• Nathan Benefield
• March 26, 2009

Here is a frightening picture of the projected federal deficit, courtesy the Heritage Foundation. They go on to comment…

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Taxes & Economy

Spending Under President George W. Bush

• Nathan Benefield
• March 21, 2009

The Mercatus Center has a final analysis of spending under the Bush presidency – including the growth in spending, comparisons to Clinton and previous spender, pork projects, and growth…

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Health Care

Free Markets: An Unknown Ideal

• Nathan Benefield
• March 17, 2009

President Obama, Governor Rendell, and many in the media have been echoing a similar refrain recently, "Conservatives had their chance.  We tried free markets, and they failed."  When exactly they…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

How well has more spending worked up until now?

• Nathan Benefield
• February 10, 2009

The Morning Call’s John Micek makes a joke on his blog about the effectiveness of tax cuts in stimulating the economy: Hardcore GOPers, asked for their alternative,…

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