Today on X-Date: Squint at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and you see MAGA conservatives endorsing legislative hostage-taking.
Budget
Posted inEconomic Policy
Taking Debt Ceiling Negotiations Seriously
On today’s X-Date, looking at what could actually be accomplished in bipartisan talks yields few answers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Ripping Off the Invisible Straitjacket
We need better economic models, but we also need Congress to free itself from the self-imposed constraints of modeling on the policymaking process.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans’ Self-Inflicted Budget Impasse
The GOP discovers that shouting lies on television is not a good way to figure out how to tax and spend.
Posted inTAP
Beware Debt Hysteria
Today on TAP: Spending cuts for the sake of debt reduction would weaken both Biden and the economy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Twilight of the Deficit Hawks
Democrats have stopped being the willing partner in a great conspiracy to slash social insurance.
Posted inPolitics
Joe Manchin’s Dumb Budget Idea Already Failed Before
In 2011, Congress created a ‘super committee’ to come to a bipartisan compromise on austerity. It didn’t work.
Posted inPolitics
How Governing Can Motivate Politics
An alternate vision for how Democrats could bring the fight to the midterms by taking action in Congress and the White House
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democrats Need to Fight for a Government That Works
The party proposes to fund OSHA, EPA, the IRS, and the NLRB at much less than those agencies got in 2010, in real terms.
Posted inEconomic Policy
California Has Too Much Money in Its Budget
Gas rebates, the Gann Limit, and the insanity of Golden State governance.
