U.S. Budget and Deficit
Bruce Riedl talked about the current U.S. budget deficit and how it will be affected by President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2011 budget. He also responded to telephone calls and electroni…
70 viewsBruce Riedl talked about the current U.S. budget deficit and how it will be affected by President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2011 budget. He also responded to telephone calls and electroni…
70 viewsJames Kvaal and Brian Riedl reacted to the previous days' speech by President-Elect Barack Obama on the economy, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. The President-Elec…
179 viewsMr. Reidl talked about his editorial piece “What Your Taxes Go For,” in which he outlined how the federal government spent tax revenues. He estimated the federal government would spend an av…
87 viewsParticipants spoke to reporters about tax policy, federal spending levels, wasteful programs, burdens placed on middle and working class tax payers, and various reform proposals. They also a…
206 viewsMr. Riedl talked about the appropriations process and the use of earmarks for spending projects in various congressional districts. He also talked about potential reforms and efforts to curb…
59 viewsAmericans for Tax Reform marked July 12 as Cost of Government Day for 2006. It was the day when all of the earnings of Americans are estimated to have paid the calendar year’s taxes. They an…
64 viewsThe Americans for Tax Reform held their annual rally and press conference on the day income taxes were due. They talked about issues before Congress, including extending dividend and capital…
144 viewsFollowing opening remarks by former Representative Stenholm, panelists talked about budget deficit reduction in the context of funding recovery efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina, the …
39 viewsBrian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation talked about the spending programs described in President Bush’s State of the Union address. He said that the president had proposed spending increases…
30 viewsAt a news conference, participants talked to reporters about tax policy and spending by both the federal and state governments. Following their remarks, they answered questions from the repo…
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