December 1, 2012
Soak The Rich!
Photo Credit: Sodahead My friend, the smart Senate staffer, sent me this missive this morning. I thought I would share it with you: “There is clearly a Democratic obsession with taxing the rich. Let’s go through a little fiscal arithmetic and...
November 30, 2012
Reimagining the Social Safety Net
When policy makers talk about entitlement reform, they usually are looking at the impending budget crisis caused by retirement programs that continue to grow unsustainably. What they need to do is look beyond the dollars and cents, and think about...
November 29, 2012
The Haters Club
There are a lot of haters out there. I wish they would stop hating. Here are some of them: Notre Dame Haters: Notre Dame is going to the BCS championship for the first time and that has brought out the...
November 28, 2012
In Defense of Grover
I hate it when my friends get in fights. I like Saxby Chambliss, Peter King, Lindsey Graham and Tom Coburn. I like them a lot and I would vote for every single one of them if I lived in their...
November 27, 2012
Path to Fiscal Sanity
Originally published in the Hill. It was 1995 when I first heard about the burning platform. House Republicans had gathered at Xerox Document University to discuss how they were going to balance the budget, pass tax cuts and reform entitlements....
November 26, 2012
Line Cutters
During the American civil war, it became quite fashionable for the very wealthy to pay for the privilege to have somebody else take their place in the actual fighting of the conflict. I was thinking about this dynamic at the...