The budget fight and the new politics of entitlements
Even Joe Biden acknowledges that Medicare isn’t solvent but will anything get done?
Debt
Monday
Wednesday
Biden’s unforgivable student loan authoritarianism
The president doubles down on a fundamentally anti-democratic approach to governance
Wednesday
The post-Covid mental health crisis
Lockdowns and inflation have created a perfect storm
Tuesday
Return of the congressional earmark zombie
The Constitution says nothing about getting pet projects for states
Thursday
How Congress broke the budgeting process
The vast majority of taxpayer dollars spent never get a vote. Fortunately it can be fixed
Tuesday
Biden’s budget doesn’t matter
It’s a distraction from what really matters
Thursday
The rise of the second-string left
Progressives aren’t sending their best — and it’s making a fiscal crisis all the more likely
Friday
The next real estate crisis could come from China
Evergrande is in serious trouble
Thursday
A government of drunken sailors
Shame on Congress and Joe Biden for their gigantic spending packages
Tuesday
Republicans’ fiscal responsibility theater
The chaos on Capitol Hill conceals the fact that both parties love to run up enormous tabs
Friday
Congress pretends to hold the Pentagon accountable
Lawmakers claim to be outraged over Afghanistan. So why are they about to throw money at the generals?
