Jonathan Chait doesn't seem to think much of the candidate's plans to cut spending. more >>

Cutting entitlement spending increases could free trillions for tax cuts and investment. more >>

If he's elected, the government will be grabbing more of your capital gains. more >>

Hey, that's where the money is. more >>

Dems may want to use war money for domestic spending. more >>

Lawmakers should be penalized for inability to curb spending and modify the alternative minimum tax. more >>

After months of the president and members of Congress bickering over the federal budget, the White House said today it was encouraged by concessions Democrats made over the weekend in crafting a $500 billion-plus catchall spending bill. While the bill mainly sticks with the president's proposed budget, it also shifts money to social programs the president wanted to cut. more >>

But budget-cutting without entitlement reform may be useless. more >>