Domestic Spending

As our Budget Simulator grows in popularity, more and more people have taken the spending challenge to voice how they would like to see government...

The Obama Administration has been putting out a flurry (see here and here) of modest savings proposals over the past few weeks. The latest comes in a...

Start with a basic question: Do you think politicians are better at cutting taxes and increasing spending, or the reverse? The answer should help you...

The Administration is taking important steps in improving the budget situation: The proposed 3-year spending freeze of non-security discretionary...

The Obama Administration is looking at spending once again. A day after the White House announced a plan to encourage savings by executive agencies...

Looks like the White House wants to attack the deficit one small change at a time. After promoting the Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act to give the...

We at CRFB believe in the Wizard of Oz theory of deficit reduction. Passing the right package of spending cuts and tax increases requires a brain – so...

The extenders bill the House is considering would cost $190 billion between 2010-2020. Only $56 billion of that would be offset. Emergency...

As Congress debates hundreds of billion of dollars of new deficit-spending this week, they may also begin considering two proposals which can actually...

Last week we wrote about the introduction of YouCut, a project designed to allow people to vote on spending cuts they would like to see Congress enact...

Yesterday, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) launched a new project - YouCut. YouCut allows people to vote online or from their cell phones on...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Chicago Tribune criticized both parties for reckless spending...