Tag Archives: Congressional Budget Office
What Makes the Republicans the “Stupid Party?”
Jonathan V. Last writing his “Cold Open” column for the Weekly Standard February 5 revived the term “Stupid Party” for the Republicans. John Stuart Mill, a leading 19th century classical liberal is credited with branding conservatives as “stupid” because they weren’t up on the latest intellectual fads that he promoted. This is not what Mr. Last meant.
Posted in Immigration & Border Security, News and Analysis, Trade & Economics, Uncategorized
Tagged Bankrolling the Republican Party, Big Business Lobbyists, Bringing Third World Labor into US, Capitalism Socialism and Democracy, Cheap Labor Trap, Congressional Budget Office, Demographic Trend in California, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, GOP Leaders Statement on TPA, GOP Principles on Immigration, Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Joseph Schumpeter, Path to Citizenship, Reagan Democrats, Relocating Factories to Third World Regions, Simpson-Mazzoli Act, TPA, Trade Promotion Authority, US Chamber of Commerce
Debt Reduction Comes Back into Style
For most of its existence, the Republican Party has championed rigorous fiscal conservatism. Balanced budgets, aversion to federal debt, “pay-as-you-go” government: These were the mainstays of Republican governance at both the federal and state level for over a century. Republican leaders who became heroes of their party made fiscal responsibility a hallmark of good government.
Posted in Congressional & Government Reform, Taxation
Tagged 1920s, Amity Shlaes, balanced budget, Calvin Coolidge, CBO, Club for Growth, Congressional Budget Office, Coolidge biography, Coolidge years, federal budget, federal debt, federal deficit, fiscal conservatism, fiscal policy, GDP, Heritage Action, income-tax rate, macroeconomics, pay-as-you-go government, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan
