Coburn Details $7 Billion in Waste from 100 Dumb Projects

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  December 21st at 08:03 AM  | 

At some point we will need to go beyond merely cutting waste, fraud, and abuse.  We will eventually have to wind down the welfare state and close government departments and agencies.  However, there is no reason we shouldn’t demand an immediate bipartisan effort to eliminate programs that are just plain dumb, even according to Democrat socialist ideology. Nobody has been more assiduous and instrumental in | Read More »

Social Security is the Poison Pill of the Debt Commission’s Proposal

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  December 2nd at 02:31 PM  | 

If the only legislative option is to vote on the entire report from the Debt Commission, then the changes in Social Security should serve as a poison pill to prevent any Republican from supporting it. While there are definitely some good proposals in the report that call for spending cuts, anyone who calls themselves a conservative cannot support the commission’s report as a package deal.  | Read More »