…long-term growth but low national savings does tend to crowd-out investment. As Bruce Bartlett often notes, the failure to reduce government spending to pay for the Reagan tax cuts was…

…that everyone gains from free trade is not a credible argument – especially in parts of South Carolina. Memo to the National Review: leave the international trade issues to Bruce…

…– especially now that a particular member is in hot water. Update: the latest from Bruce Bartlett is a must read for anyone who is interested in having an effective…

…noted the fiscal fiasco of the 1980’s lowered savings and investment and hence long-term growth. This is why Bruce Bartlett needs outlets for his honest op-eds other than the National…

…payroll taxes had some special effect by themselves – sort of like Bruce Bartlett worried about VAT taxes. Then he writes: My sole point here is that this structure for…

Right? Bruce Bartlett gives his annual overview of assorted and sundry blogs, including this one: Another lefty web site that I read regularly is someone known only as “Angry Bear.”…

by Bruce Webb (A contest with no prizes, AB doesn’t have fundraisers or sell t-shirts and is lucky if ad money keeps the servers on. And this is just a…

So far the topical open threads have gathered great material. As Bruce mentioned and hoped, the partisan nature that accompanied certain posts was muted when readers could offer a look…

by Bruce Webb Press release from the House Ways and Means Committee dated Saturday July 18th. CBO Scores Confirms Deficit Neutrality of Health Reform Bill Washington, D.C. — The Congressional…

…there is a column equating to ‘Income – Cost’ which is labeled ‘Net increase during the Year’. Now the Trustees don’t label this as ‘Surplus’ but there is little doubt…