By Casey Given Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Illinois with fraud for misrepresenting the fiscal health of its public pension system. For years, the Midwestern state had been hoodwinking municipal bond investors into believing that it had been properly funding its public servants’ retirement plans when, in reality, the state has a [...]
By Christine Harbin This is the latest in series of blog posts focusing on the federal budget proposals. The first focused on Chairman Ryan’s plan, the second on the Senate Democrats’ plan, and the third and fourth highlighted their differences on tax and spending policy. Federal spending on entitlement programs—Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security—poses the biggest threat to the federal government’s [...]
This is the fourth in series of blog posts focusing on the federal budget proposals. The first focused on Chairman Ryan’s plan, the second on the Senate Democrats’ plan, and the third highlighted the differences between the two plans on tax issues. Every year, the federal government spends our hard-earned tax dollars on wasteful, economically harmful, and [...]
AFP strongly supports of Sen. Kirk's resolution opposing state bailouts. Federal taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay for the bad budgetary behavior of state governments.
By: Nicole Kaeding On Wednesday, Senator Patty Murray released the first Senate Democratic budget in four years. Digging through the pages it’s obvious why the Senate has shirked its duty the past several years; Senate Democrats didn’t want to tell Americans just how much their plan for America costs and how much they want to [...]
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