5 questions for Sita Slavov on whether baby boomers are stealing jobs
AEI’s Sita Slavov recently wrote a piece, “The myth that baby boomers are stealing jobs,” discussing the benefits of older workers in the workforce. As the budget conference committee faces the...
View ArticleThe return of Paul Ryan and his new road map for America
It was just too much for progressives. Who is Paul Ryan kidding? Here’s how many seemed to interpret a new Washington Post profile of the Wisconsin congressman and 2012 Republican vice-presidential...
View ArticlePentagon slowly moves in the right direction
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel made headlines Wednesday when he unveiled a plan to shrink his office by about 200 employees and reduce its budget by about 20% over the next five years. The plan was...
View ArticleThis chart shows why GOPers shouldn’t completely freak out over the budget deal
Perhaps on Earth-2, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan has the ability to perform Jedi mind tricks on Democrats. And perhaps in that alternate reality, he just pulled off a sweet budget deal that...
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Get ready for the US budget surplus of 2016?
Hard to believe it now, but back in 2007 the Congressional Budget Office was predicting the federal budget was about to move from red to black. The CBO forecasted a $170 billion surplus in 2012 and...
View ArticleWhat you may have missed this week: The budget deal, unemployment insurance,...
Each week, The LEDGER highlights AEI’s research and commentary on economics’ matters, covering hot issues such as the budget, tax reform, housing policy, inflation, minimum wage, and the Eurozone...
View ArticleHere’s exactly what’s happened to the US federal budget over the past 40 years
Less warfare state, more welfare state (via the CBO). Follow James Pethokoukis on Twitter at @JimPethokoukis, and AEIdeas at @AEIdeas. The post Here’s exactly what’s happened to the US federal budget...
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New Obama budget sets America on course for historically high — and permanent...
Under President’s Obama new budget proposal — which would raise taxes by a trillion bucks over the next decade — federal receipts would average 19.2% from 2015 through 2024. The WSJ: Mr. Obama proposed...
View ArticleThe new Ryan budget plan: A brief review
The annual House of Representatives budget resolution – you may know it as the “Ryan plan” or perhaps as the “Path to Prosperity” — has turned into a weird Washington phenomenon, one that combines...
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Here is USA Inc.’s income statement. Would you invest?
Another great slide from internet analyst Mary Meeker’s presentation, this one an update of her big “USA Inc.” study from a couple of years ago. The “Entitlement/Mandatory” line sure looks worrisome....
View ArticleThe debt clean-up that awaits us
Congress and the Trump administration are rightly focused on the immediate task of limiting the harm from the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic contraction it has precipitated. The emergency measures...
View ArticleCan a broke America fight a cold war with China?
America seems to be on the verge of declaring cold war on China, while simultaneously weakening its own ability to wage such a conflict. Across the ideological spectrum, US hostility to China has...
View ArticleThe Aussies step up
This past Wednesday, the Australian government published a new white paper on defense and national strategy. The 2020 Defense Strategic Update is notable for a variety of reasons, but perhaps the one...
View ArticleHow does the budget process work and not work? (with Tori Gorman)
The topic of today’s episode is, “How does the budget process work and not work?” My guest is Tori Gorman, the Policy Director for The Concord Coalition. It is a non-partisan, grassroots organization...
View ArticleOverlooked reason for Capitol atrophy: Lack of a modern and more substantial...
For the past 15 years, public disapproval of the performance of Congress has averaged around 70 percent. Typically, when people look at Washington, as former Speaker Paul Ryan once observed, “It looks...
View ArticleCongress can’t keep up with its workload
The beginning of the 117th Congress has been anything but typical. But one thing about this Congress probably won’t be much different from the last one and nearly every session for the past few...
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Congress, it’s time for two-year budget deal
224 lives. $11.6 billion. 186 aircraft. That is the cost over seven short years of more than 6,000 U.S. training and other non-combat military aviation mishaps. The recent report of The National...
View ArticleHow Congress tricks Americans (with David Schoenbrod)
Kevin Kosar: “How Congress tricks Americans” — that is the topic of this episode. My guest is Prof. David Schoenbrod, the author of the book, DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington....
View ArticleCongress’s first hundred days and beyond: Kevin Kosar on legislative...
Our national legislature is overwhelmed. With a new presidential administration comes new appointments to confirm and a fresh legislative agenda to consider. But Congress’ time and resources are...
View ArticleEarmarks are back. The GOP’s enthusiasm is worrying.
A decade ago, one of the first things Republicans did after taking back the House of Representatives was get rid of earmarks. For those of you who don’t recall, “earmark” is the term of art for when...
View ArticleWhy is Congress giving its powers away?
If he were alive today, James Madison would probably be most surprised and dismayed by one feature of today’s government — the willingness of Congress to cede its unique constitutional authorities to...
View ArticleHow does Congress fund itself? (with Daniel Schuman)
Kevin Kosar: The topic of today’s episode is, “How does Congress fund itself?” My guest is Daniel Schuman. He is the Policy Director at Demand Progress, a grassroots, nonpartisan organization with...
View ArticleOn the road to budget ruin
By Desmond Lachman President Biden’s infrastructure spending proposal is but the latest example of recent U.S. administrations’ disregard for sound budget management. This disregard does not bode well...
View ArticleEarmarks with Kevin Kosar
Mark and Matt of Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute sit down with Kevin Kosar, Resident Scholar at AEI, to discuss earmarks. The post Earmarks with Kevin Kosar appeared first on...
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