With the Obama Administration and Congress still haggling over how to fund the federal government in 2011, the national debt jumped $72 billion in just one day this week. The cuts that are being debated in Washington do not go far enough. Tough decisions have to be made by both the Obama Administration and Congress […]
To get America’s fiscal house in order, Congress must be sure to fully defund Obamacare, says CU President David Bossie on Big Government: America’s unsustainable $14 trillion debt will cripple our nation if we do not stop the spending. The Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats appear to be unable to garner the strength to curb […]
CU President David Bossie offers a solution to rein in the national debt: In the coming weeks, Congress will consider legislation to raise the debt ceiling. In fact, to actually call it a debt “ceiling” is one of the biggest frauds in the American political lexicon. As our government continues to spend without paying for […]
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released this morning spells out exactly why big government simply does not work. The GAO report highlights $200 billion in wasteful spending on redundant programs. A couple hundred billion here, a couple hundred billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money – namely our $14 trillion national debt! […]
For the last two years, the Obama Administration has said that Obamacare will bring down health care costs. On Wednesday, the Chief Medicare Actuary – the one person who should know – told the House Budget Committee that it was mainly false to say that Obamacare will save the government money. Of course, the mainstream media […]
Once again, at the State of the Union, President Obama delivered a speech that was full of promises but short on details. The 800 pound gorilla in the room was again present. The debt now stands over $14 trillion and is climbing uncontrollably. America is already buried under a mountain of debt. Real entitlement reforms need […]
CU President David Bossie introduces the “800 Pound Gorilla” web ad on The Daily Caller: America is in a financial crisis. For years, politicians on both sides of the aisle have ignored the 800-pound gorilla in the room — our climbing $14 trillion national debt. That trend seems like it will continue with reports coming […]
An open letter to Speaker Boehner on his new responsibility, by David N. Bossie: Dear Speaker Boehner, Congratulations on your new Republican majority and your election as the 61st Speaker of the House! We conservatives have been given a tremendous opportunity to make the responsible and positive changes America so desperately needs at this consequential […]
A clear sight of the mess left by the 111th Congress by David N. Bossie: The 112th Congress, which will be sworn in later this week, will have the monumental task of cleaning up the mess made by the Democrat-controlled 111th Congress. First and foremost, it should be the goal of this Congress not to […]
The 112th Congress, which will be sworn in later this week, will have the monumental task of cleaning up the mess made by the Democrat-controlled 111th Congress. First and foremost, it should be the goal of this Congress not to increase the exploding national debt. The 111th Congress added a seemingly impossible $3.22 trillion to […]
The 111th Congress added a seemingly impossible $3.22 trillion to the national debt in just two years for a grand total of nearly $13.9 trillion of total debt and counting. The share of the national debt stands at $44,886.57 for every man, woman, and child in the United States. If our government was run like a business, […]