Op-Eds

August 30, 2011

Congress Needs Structural Reform

There is very little accountability in Washington when it comes to how the federal government spends taxpayer money. Having watched how things work from the outside, I was frustrated at the obvious waste and abuse of Americans’ hard-earned dollars. The system looked like it was intentionally set up so Congress and the President could continually find ways to put off difficult decisions.

August 29, 2011

Washington doesn’t know best

It’s well past time to have a spirited debate over the proper role of government, and the proper reach of government into our lives. Clearly, there are two very different visions for what this role should be.

Obama’s “Recovery” Worst in Modern Times

The evidence that President Obama’s economic policies have failed continues to mount. The unemployment rate notched up to 9.2 percent in June. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the labor force fell by more than a quarter of a million workers, dropping the labor force participation rate to 64.1 percent – the lowest rate of labor force participation in nearly 30 years.

Cut, Cap, and Balance

It’s been called the most preventable disaster in American history. The coming debt crisis is so predictable it’s difficult to find a single economist, expert, politician or American taxpayer who doesn’t warn of the consequences of spending and borrowing ourselves into oblivion.

Breaking the Debt-Ceiling Cycle

The pattern of pretending to debate the factors contributing to Washington’s debt addiction is a rehearsal of rhetoric that, while increasingly circular, produces one-directional results. As the arguments for and against raising the debt ceiling make their way back and forth between the White House and Congress, continuing this exercise without a balanced-budget amendment in place means that the debt ceiling will perpetually move in only one direction: up.

Reforms, Not Just Cuts, Needed Before Debt-Ceiling Increase

In response to the Obama Administration’s efforts to force a debt-ceiling increase, a number of Republicans and even a few Democrats have demanded spending cuts. Reducing short-term spending is important and enjoys widespread support among the American people, but raising the debt ceiling without fundamental, structural spending reforms would be a mistake.

Why we need a balanced-budget amendment

As originally published by the Washington Post Amending the Constitution is not easy, nor should it be. That the Constitution has been amended just 27 times demonstrates that the process […]