Elections

Budget Battles

  • Do Nothing Congress Did Something: Named Buildings

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Here’s what Obama and Congress have primarily accomplished together in recent months: naming federal buildings. Of the 65 bills that cleared both chambers this year, 19 — about 30 percent — involve...

  • Romney’s Gamble on Ryan Has Already Paid Off

    By Edward Morrissey

    When Mitt Romney announced that Rep. Paul Ryan, the sometimes-controversial chair of the House Budget Committee would be his running mate, the media reaction was one of surprise. Most gave Romney...

  • Two Tax Breaks Romney Should Put on the Chop Block

    By NICOLE GELINAS, City Journal

    Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wants to lower tax rates. Newly minted Republican vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan wants to cut spending by taking on America’s entitlement culture. The...

  • No Matter Who Wins, Health Care Rationing Is Coming

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Medicare has moved to the center of this year’s presidential campaign for a single overriding reason: shrinking the nation’s long-term government deficit demands dealing with health care costs.

  • Why Ryan Wants to Dump Fannie and Freddie

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Medicare isn’t the only major federal program targeted for a dramatic revamp by GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan—who also wants to severe the government’s relationship with the troubled...