Innovative Budgeting Practices Could Help Clarify Long-Term Infrastructure Costs

By Kevin Mooney

03/01/2011

Innovative budgeting practices that measure the "life-cycle" of infrastructure projects could save taxpayers money over the long term.

TAGS: Congressional Budget Office, infrastructure, Life cycle

A Reality Check On ObamaCare

By Jennifer Moreale

04/16/2010

Would you like to read an excessively optimistic view on health care reform? Sen. Mary Landrieu’s op-ed highlights what she believes to be the greatest ObamaCare achievements, praising the full coverage of Louisiana’s children, young adults, and seniors. Claiming that “congress has finally delivered meaningful health care coverage to all Americans,” Sen. Landrieu argues that...

TAGS: Cato Institute, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care, Health Insurance, Mary Landrieu, Michael Cannon, ObamaCare

A New Record: $1.6 Trillion Deficit for the United States

By Jennifer Moreale

02/01/2010

President Obama has announced his 2011 budget proposal. When FY 2010 ends on September 30 the deficit will total to $1.6 trillion, much higher than the Congressional Budget Office’s forecast. The Bush tax cuts will expire at the end of this year and if Obama extends their term, the federal deficit estimates will be even...

TAGS: Barack Obama, Brian Reidl, Chris Edwards, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Budget Deficit

An Uncertain Future for America’s Economic Growth

By Jennifer Moreale

01/29/2010

As of January 22, the current public debt totals more than $12.3 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office reports that if current laws and government spending remain the same, the budget for FY 2010 is estimated at more than $1.3 trillion. During the Middle Class Task Force meeting, Vice President Biden and President Obama announced new...

TAGS: Barack Obama, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Budget Deficit, Government Spending, Joe Biden, Middle Class Task Force, Tax Cuts

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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