Outside the Beltway

Here’s my plan for creating a budget surplus of $126 billion by 2015 and $592 billion by 2030.

Former Congressman Bob Barr argues that the right should not be so eager to rehabilitate George W. Bush. He’s right.

They’ve won the elections, but Republicans still aren’t getting specific about exactly where they’d cut Federal spending.

The race between Jeb Hensarling and Michelle Bachmann for Chair of the House GOP Conference is a microcosm for a battle that is likely to take place within the GOP for the next two years.

Nancy Pelosi is strongly considering staying in Congress as Minority Leader. It’s her job if she wants it.

Ok, what strategy should Speaker Boehner pursue?

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson takes a look at the Tea Party movement and claims to find racism.

Pundits and partisans constantly overreact to the momentary mood expressed in a single election. The Republicans have already rebounded from 2008. The Democrats will recover from 2010.

Dan Coates has an ad that makes a claim that should make your head explode.

An ad for Republican Senate candidate Roy Blunt complains that his opponent voted to cut Medicare in order to support “government-run health care.”

Jack Conway’s “Aqua Buddha” ad has come back to haunt him in the polls, and may become the act that seals his fate on Election Day.

Instead of decades-old retreads like talking about abolishing the Department of Education, it would be nice if we had a real debate about the fiscal circumstances in the country.

Yesterday’s appearance by Carly Fiorina on Fox News Sunday provided an excellent example of how un-serious Republicans are when it comes to living up to their fiscally conservative rhetoric.

More bad news for Democrats as a new poll shows that voters are more likely to consider them extreme than Republicans.

Greg Mankiw argues that, the more of his money the government takes, the less incentive he has to earn more. That’s debatable.

In 1994, it was the Contract With America. In 2010, it’s the Pledge To America. But does it really mean anything regardless of what it’s called ?

The CBO sees a clear threat of a fiscal crisis during the next two decades unless we’re saved by magic ponies.

Party labels are just names, as such all Republicans are Republicans in name only.

The nation’s 2nd smallest state is becoming the biggest battleground between the Establishment GOP and Tea Party insurgents.

Facing a difficult economy and a very bad November, the Obama administration is considering a tax cut proposal to spur hiring.

A special tax rate for millionaires wouldn’t raise much additional revenue but it would make journalists feel better.

Are government imposed mandates making it impossible for businesses to justify hiring new workers?

Paul Krugman’s Medicare projections don’t line up with what the actuaries are telling us.

Sharron Angle’s views about the role of religion in politics are disturbingly similar to those of people who believe that the Bible itself should be the law of the land.

Some number of people are staying married while living separate lives. This is, apparently, news.

Recent debates over the economic and fiscal impact of the Bush tax cuts indicate that Republicans still haven’t learned the lessons of the Bush years.

In Court filings the Obama Administration is arguing that the health insurance mandate is a tax, and if they’re right the legal challenges to ObamaCare are dead.

Matt Yglesias argues that “Northern Europe is Egalitarian Because of High Taxes.” I would argue that he has his causality backwards.

If Jon Kyl’s recent comments are any indication, Republicans haven’t learned their lesson just yet.

Before we raise taxes on the rich, let’s first stop the flood of tax money that’s subsidizing their lifestyle.