Silver Linings to Fiscal Cliff-Diving?
Avik Roy: …despite all of the dramatic hyperbole about the “fiscal cliff,” it’s important to remember that going over the fiscal cliff will reduce the budget deficit by $503 billion in 2013, and $682...
View ArticleObama Threatens Boehner
Philip Klein draws attention to reporting by the Wall Street Journal on how President Barack Obama “negotiated” with House Speaker John Boehner: Mr. Obama repeatedly lost patience with the speaker as...
View ArticleRamirez Cartoon: Kicking the Can Down the Road
Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez. View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.
View ArticleWorse Than Nothing
Twitter now says GOP concedes it will get ZERO spending cuts in cliff deal. This would be worse than going over the cliff. It would be utterly unacceptable. Better to accept the taxes and defense cuts...
View ArticleGOP Has Reason to Refuse Bad Deal
Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post has a very insightful post about why Republicans are in political position to refuse a bad deal on the “Fiscal Cliff.” Of the 234 Republicans elected to the House...
View ArticleSinger: How to Avoid the Next Fiscal Cliff
Want to avoid future “fiscal cliffs”? Eric Singer, portfolio manager of the Congressional Effect Fund, argues for three reforms. First, adopt Economist Thomas Sowell’s idea to pay Members of Congress...
View ArticleRamirez Cartoon: Spendaholics Anonymous
Below is one of the latest cartoons from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Ramirez. View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.
View ArticleAnother Silver Lining in the Fiscal Cliff Deal?
Following up on Quin’s analysis, the Washington Times sheds light on another silver lining in yesterday’s fiscal cliff – formal repeal of Obamacare’s CLASS Act. The Community Living Assistance...
View ArticleMore on Why the Deal Was (Barely) Acceptable
In addition to my column now out, I also wrote a blog post at The American Spectator to explain why this deal ticked from being unacceptable to being, well, something less than utterly disastrous....
View ArticlePodcast: Racing Back to the Fiscal Cliff
In an interview with CFIF, Patrick Louis Knudsen, senior budget expert at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the latest in the debt ceiling fight and what lies ahead for America in the next few months...
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