Tag Archives: spending

Boehner, Cornyn, Bayh on Taxes and Spending

March 5, 2009 – 10:30 am

Wall Street Journal reports today that the Administration is signaling flexibility about the tax increases proposed in its budget. This could be a reflection of the fact that, on tax battles, Republicans usually have a home turf advantage and moderate Dems don’t want to play there. I was thinking about President Clinton’s 1995 declaration to […]

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A $700 Billion “Failure to Act”

February 23, 2009 – 4:32 pm

I’ve noted before that President Obama suffers from a bit of message schizophrenia when it comes to government spending. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad. Sometimes we’ve had too much, sometimes we haven’t had enough. This was on display again this morning as the president made opening remarks at his Fiscal Responsibility Summit. The topline […]

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Is Spending Good or Bad?

February 10, 2009 – 12:47 pm

Last night during his opening remarks, President Obama said: “[A]s we’ve learned very clearly and conclusively over the last eight years, tax cuts alone can’t solve all of our economic problems, especially tax cuts that are targeted to the wealthiest few Americans. We have tried that strategy time and time again, and it’s only helped […]

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