Under current law, the U.S. Department of Defense automatically faces significant spending cuts over the next 10 years—cuts that america's civilian and military leaders have cadidly described as "devastating" and "very high risk."

Cutting the payroll tax cut, or even eventually eliminating it, might make more sense - if it happens on the Medicare, rather than Social Security side, of FICA.

Budgetary allotments for U.S. regulatory agencies provide a good measure of the increasing size of government as well as of the increasingly complex regulatory regime with which American businesses, workers, and consumers must comply. Americans are further burdened by a complicated tax code created by an increasing number of tax...

As co-authors of Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America,we strongly recommend that the Affordable Care Act of 2010 should be repealed and replaced as soon as possible.

As the Iraq conflict continues into its fourth year, concerns about its costs also continue. Budgetary expenditures for the Iraq war are widely reported, but the financial gains and losses of the conflict are broader and more difficult to assess. Recognizing this fact, some scholars have begun to apply...

Obama's Stakhanovite efforts to transform America's economy and society into something akin to European-style social democracy are undergoing considerable analysis and debate, especially as the 2012 campaign steams towards November. Most presidential re-election contests are referenda on the incumbent, and this year will be no exception.

Joesph Antos' statement on premium support for Medicare before the House Committee on Ways and Means' Subcommittee on Health

The smart money in Washington is betting that the super committee will fail because the two parties cannot find common ground. But there is common ground for the taking. We suggest three principles that should command broad bipartisan support.