Saving Medicare: Free Market Reforms or Bureaucratic Rationing

    Dan Mitchell’s latest video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity walks through the choices facing political leaders on reforming the Medicare system. This is a timely and well-done walk-through on the real choices we face for this system. “Would you be a cost-effective shopper if you were told I’d pay 80% of the cost the next time you buy a new car?” Watch and | Read More »

    Lessons From Other Countries on Spending Restraint

    Dan Mitchell’s latest video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity cites fascinating numbers from Canada, Ireland, Slovakia, and New Zealand on spending restraint. If you missed it, an earlier video in this series detailed how Reagan and Clinton successfully limited the growth of spending. As leadership in Washington considers ways to cut back, it’s worth looking at examples which demonstrate the kind of steps | Read More »

    Reagan, Clinton, and Spending Restraint

    The latest video from Dan Mitchell from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity talks about government spending as a share of GDP during the Reagan and Clinton years. Watch and learn! It’s striking to see the difference in the sheer level of numbers we’re talking about now under President Obama — the levels we’re looking at for the 1980s and 1990s are simply unthinkable in | Read More »