One of President Obama's proposed solutions for the debt and deficit is something he calls the Buffett Rule, or Buffett tax. The President said that if you enact the principles of the Buffett rule,...

Ten years ago, the federal government spent $2 trillion. This year we'll spend $3.8 trillion or $3,800 billion dollars. We have virtually doubled spending in just 10 years. The most recent House...

In 1962, 68 percent of the federal budget was discretionary spending. It was appropriated annually and came under some level control of Congress. About 32 percent of the budget consists...

As part of the effort to pass his healthcare law, President Obama famously said that he was going to"bend the cost curve down." He said that he was going to reduce of the cost of a family health...

From 1993 to 2002 the federal government spent $17 trillion. During the past 10 years the federal government spent $30 trillion - almost doubling spending from decade to decade. The House budget...

In the past, President Obama has foresworn tax increases out of concern for harming a fragile recovery. Our recovery is no better now than it was at those times.