Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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Op-Ed: We Already Knew the Real Solutions
New York Times | October 9, 2013 As we enter the second week of the government shutdown, one area of government waste has been clearly exposed: the...
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Op-Ed: A Way Out Possible
The Hill | October 9, 2013 We are on a collision course with financial calamity. A first-time-ever failure to extend the federal debt limit would lead...
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Op-Ed: If Congress Won't Lead, Others Must
Star Tribune | October 5, 2013 Here we are again, watching as our national leaders engage in another fiscal fistfight. Partisan rancor, sadly, is now...
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Op-Ed: American Nightmare
Public Finance International | October 1, 2013 The US government, and large parts of American society, have strayed from the principles and values on...
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Op-Ed: Weak Leaders Fumble the Public Purse
Washington Times | September 23, 2013 The past decade has been a disaster when it comes to fiscal stewardship and political leadership. Our official...
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Op-Ed: Reason to Hope for Fiscal Sanity
The Hill | September 17, 2013 For more than a decade, I have dedicated myself to sounding the alarm about our government’s fiscal mismanagement and...
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Op-Ed: Government Shutdown? A Leap of Trust Can Seal a Budget Deal
Christian Science Monitor | September 16, 2012 Budget talk in Washington is again dominated by nonnegotiable demands and a potential government...