WYOMING — Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis is co-sponsoring a bill entitled, Sustainable Budget Act of 2021, aimed at addressing the nation’s budget and national debt. She announced the legislation yesterday, April 15. According to a press release from Senator Lummis’s office, the Sustainable Budget Act would create an 18-member bipartisan national commission to find and […]
Congress continues to take actions that directly threaten the US position as a world leader The United States has long held a privileged position on the world stage. Our economy is strong. We build businesses, innovate solutions and pioneer new technologies. We are the centerpiece of the global economy, with nations looking to our systems and our currency […]
BOSTON — The latest pandemic relief bill that is showering Americans with stimulus checks pumped billions of dollars into the economy to help keep it afloat. But the American Rescue Plan Act, which was lauded by President Joe Biden as a lifeline for the country, is expected to add more than $1.9 trillion to the […]
KEY POINTS The U.S. economy is widely expected to show its biggest growth this year since 1984. But once the drivers of the growth, primarily government spending and the pandemic rebound, fade away, the path beyond that looks challenging. Economic inequality is one issue; another is the fiscal issues that the stimulus will leave behind. […]
At the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt put America to work. In 1935, when 1 in 5 Americans were unemployed, Washington launched the Works Progress Administration, still the largest public works initiative in the country’s history. Its initial appropriation was $4.9 billion (about $90 billion in today’s dollars), and within three years, […]
Former U.S. Sen. Robert Stafford was no friend of President Ronald Reagan. He was one of the last liberal Republicans in the Senate and, due to his seniority, exercised power disproportionate to the diminutive state that elected him. And true to the Vermont stereotype, he openly challenged the popular president whenever his displeasure over national […]
In an interview with the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, candidate Donald Trump proposed to erase the national debt during the 2016 presidential primaries. Trump: “We’ve got to get rid of the $19 trillion in debt.” Woodward: “How long would that take?” Trump: “Well, I would say over a period of eight years.” Economists said at […]
In 1978, toward the end of eighth grade, I appeared before the Downtown Optimists Club of Oklahoma City to deliver a speech focusing on the alarming growth of our national debt. I did so as part of an annual contest that encouraged young people to become orators and to start thinking seriously about matters of […]
Stimulus plan and $1,400 checks drove spending much higher as the White House and Republicans clash over where to spend money next The federal government spent $660 billion more than it collected in tax revenue this March, the Department of Treasury said Monday, as the Biden administration’s stimulus package pushed the U.S. monthly deficit near […]
Over two months into Joe Biden‘s presidency, the national debt has grown to about $28.1 trillion, a record high, according to Treasury Department data as of April 6. The total public debt outstanding comprises both public debt and intragovernmental holdings. Over two-thirds of the total debt is held by the public. The national debt was $28 […]
