Carbon cap = Public option

Let’s compare the public option of health care reform with a carbon cap in the clean energy/climate change/cap-and-trade debate.

Public optionCarbon capPolicy / goalsTop priority for the LeftyesyesImportant to policy goals of the Presidentyes?yesPolicy can…

The Medicare battle begins anew

I like to oversimplify the Medicare debate into three questions:

1. Do you think we need to slow the growth of Medicare spending?
2. If yes, what should we do with the savings?
3. How should we change…

Ten years ago? Seriously?

On Monday when releasing his budget the President said:

The fact is, 10 years ago, we had a budget surplus of more than $200 billion, with projected surpluses stretching out toward the horizon. Yet over the course of the past 10 years, the previous…

Six good Obama economic policies

I have been fairly aggressive in my recent criticism of the Administration. I figure it’s time I say something positive about good things they are trying to do.

Here are six of President Obama’s economic policies that I support. Several come with…

Which is the decade of profligacy?

President Obama released his budget proposal yesterday in the Grand Foyer of the White House. He said:

Good morning, everybody. This morning, I sent a budget to Congress for the coming year. It’s a budget that reflects the serious challenges…

What can President Obama learn from President Bush’s bipartisan successes?

Conventional wisdom says the tenure of President George W. Bush was dominated by partisanship. There were deep partisan splits over the war in Iraq, enhanced interrogation, wiretapping, the 2003 tax…

The President’s bigger budget

The President proposed his budget today. This is the budget for federal fiscal year 2011, which begins October 1 of this year.

Most people in Washington will focus on (1) the effects of the proposed budget on the deficit and (2) what the budget…