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MOORE: Why the CBO almost always gets it wrong

June 21, 2025 Stephen Moore

These days it seems that a mysterious group called “the CBO” rules the world, or at least Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, it’s not very good at predicting things, and its bad calls can lead to bad […]

GINGRICH: Congressional Budget Office vs. President Trump

May 31, 2025 Newt Gingrich

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is one of President Donald J. Trump’s most powerful opponents in trying to get the Make America Affordable Again Act through Congress. The CBO has a long history of opposition […]

Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second

March 18, 2021 Josh Boak, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — To pay out his coronavirus relief package, President Joe Biden must spend an average of $3.7 billion every day for the rest of this year. That’s $43,000 every second of every day […]

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HILL: Excessive national debt is like carbon monoxide

February 19, 2020 Frank Hill

There was a lamentable disco song in the 70’s that claimed “love is like oxygen.” That may be true. If it is, then having too much debt is like carbon monoxide. Debt is colorless, odorless and deadly to anything if allowed […]

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HILL: Budget Discipline Procrastination Already Has Had Its Consequences

May 15, 2019 Frank Hill

In 1993, when Republican House Budget Committee staffers were searching for options to include in the GOP budget alternative “Cutting Spending First”, we opened a book called “CBO Spending and Revenue Options” to find proposals […]

MOORE: Why the CBO almost always gets it wrong

GINGRICH: Congressional Budget Office vs. President Trump

Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second

HILL: Excessive national debt is like carbon monoxide

HILL: Budget Discipline Procrastination Already Has Had Its Consequences

Cason Justice teaches history at Swansboro High School
Onslow educator named NC’s top teacher

Cason Justice teaches history at Swansboro High School