The same money can't be spent twice. ObamaCare tries to do precisely that, and the government will have to borrow the difference.

The president's actions after taking office have not matched his campaign rhetoric, as many Americans now face tax increases that will make them less likely to invest.

The Congressional Budget Office's baseline is a contrivance without any economic merit that was clearly conceived by politicians who despise tax cuts and love spending.

An AMT patch would also only patch the tax dilemmasthat will facethe Democrats when the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010.

Democrats in Congress are losing popularity because they are not living up to their promises.

The Democrats have failed to offer any substantive changes to their economic platforms.

The new president and Congress will face many new tax policy choices.

The report by the Iraq Study Group added fuel to the fiery foreign and defense-policy debate last week, but it also focused the attention of budget experts on the past and future costs of the war.