The overwhelming fiscal policy challenge for America is entitlement programs, as I explain in this set of videos. To protect America from becoming another Greece, we need personal retirement accounts for Social Security. We need vouchers for Medicare. And we need to block-grant Medicaid back to the states. Real reform can give people more security [...]
Archive for February 21st, 2012
Should the IRS Be Squandering $15 Million on P.R. Flacks to Improve its Image?
Posted in Boondoggle, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, IRS, Waste, tagged Boondoggle, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Government waste, Internal Revenue Service, IRS on February 21, 2012 | 7 Comments »
The Higher-Education Bubble and Third-Party Payer
Posted in Economics, Education, Government intervention, Health Care, Health Reform, Housing, Regulation, Third party payer, tagged Education Bubble, Government intervention, Health Care, Health Reform, Housing Bubble, Regulation, Third party payer on February 21, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Taxes and spending are two of the most obvious burdens imposed by government, and I’m glad that many people are fighting against a political class that seems to have a limitless appetite for a bigger public sector. But politicians also can do great damage to an economy with mandates, regulations, and other forms of intervention. [...]