Fewer People Working Means Permanently Lower Tax

Cold-turkey Deficit Reduction Would Cause A Significant Recession. A Recent Analysis By The Congressional Budget Office Estimated That Going Headlong Over The Cliff Would Cause Our Gross Domestic Product, Which Has Been Growing At An Annual Rate Of Around 2 Percent, To Fall At A Rate Of 2.9 Percent In The First Half Of 2013.

Honest Talk About The Deficit Is Risky. Voters Are More Enthusiastic About The Abstract Notion Of Deficit Reduction Than About The Painful Details Of Accomplishing It.

If You Look At The Studies Coming Out Of The Congressional Budget Office, The Number One Thing That's Going To Blow A Hole In The Deficit As We Go Forward 20, 30 Years Is Government Spending On Healthcare.

Climate Change And Dependence On Foreign Oil Are Problems That Won't Go Away On Their Own. Tabling Plans To Deal With Them Doesn't Make It Easier For Companies To Plan And Invest; It Makes It Harder.

A Successful Argument For A Government Manufacturing Policy Has To Go Beyond The Feeling That It's Better To Produce 'real Things' Than Services. American Consumers Value Health Care And Haircuts As Much As Washing Machines And Hair Dryers.