Daily Policy Digest

Tax and Spending Issues

America's Bridges Are Not Falling

Only 26.3 percent of urban interstates were rated as congested in 2010, compared with 52.6 percent in 1989...

The Obama Budget's Economic Message

To prepare for slower growth, the Obama administration must show spending restraint instead of proposing a budget that leaves gross debt at more than 100 percent of gross domestic product in 2020...

Redundant Federal Programs Waste Billions

Over the past three years, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found 162 areas where agencies are duplicating efforts, at a cost of tens of billions of dollars...

The Amount of Hidden Debt Will Stun Taxpayers

Collectively, state and local governments are estimated to owe $7.3 trillion and most of this debt was never approved by taxpayers...

Tax Freedom Day Five Days Later than Last Year

In 2013, Americans will pay $2.76 trillion in federal taxes and $1.45 trillion in state taxes for a total tax bill of $4.22 trillion -- 29.4 percent of total income...

Disability: The New Welfare?

In 1960, only 0.65 percent of the workforce between age 18 and age 64 was receiving Social Security disability insurance; today, 5.6 percent of the workforce receives a payment, despite reduced physical labor and better overall health...

America's Roads Aren't Crumbling

Urban interstates with "poor" pavement dropped from 6.6 percent to 5.4 percent between 1989 and 2008...

The Case for Across-the-Board Spending Cuts

Virtually every government program, from defense to Social Security, has grown by an average of 35 percent between 2008 and 2013...

Why Differentiating between Taxes and Fees Is Important

By labeling taxes as different things, such as a fee or surcharge, policymakers are avoiding legal protections for taxpayers that have been in place for many years...

Debt on the Rise for Seniors

Between 2000 and 2011, the median amount of household debt for Americans older than age 65 more than doubled from $12,702 to about $26,000...


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