GOP controls the House, but still can’t cut spending

According to the Constitution, all spending bills originate in the House.  Destroying our children s future with debt is not important enough for them to come up with a plan to stop it. CBO: Government to Spend $47.2 Trillion Over Next 10 Years By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 5th, 2013 at 04:24 PM We’ve all been waiting to see […]

CBO: Entitlements, ObamaCare To Make Up 53% of Federal Spending

(CNSNews.com) – According to projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO),  entitlements and ObamaCare spending will comprise 53 percent of all federal spending over the coming decade, totaling $24.9 trillion. In its updated Budget and Economic Outlook report released on Tuesday, the CBO projects that Social Security will account for $11.149 trillion in spending from 2014 […]

Government as Santa

By JOSEPH G. LEHMAN | Dec. 25, 2012 | (Editor’s note: A version of this commentary appears in the Winter 2011 issue of Impact, the Mackinac Center’s quarterly newsletter.) Why is it that most people eventually abandon the idea of Santa Claus … and yet so many never abandon belief in an omnipotent government? Santa Claus is magic. His […]

Debate 1 – Here We Go!!!

By Craig Andresen on October 3, 2012 at 7:12 am Domestic Policy. That’s the topic of tonight’s first debate between the contenders for the presidency. Domestic Policy. Obama will be spinning faster than the centrifuges in Iran. He’s tried NOT to talk about Domestic Policy as the economy continues to drag itself along, barely alive. […]