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Poor Choices for the Taxpayer

Scott Lilly - March 17, 2020

Nearly a month after the Corona virus was first identified and two weeks after the first case was discovered in the United States, President...

Why Shutdowns Happen and How they can be Avoided

Scott Lilly - December 28, 2018

For the first 191 years of the Republic there were no government shutdowns. In the spring of 1980, however, Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti issued...

Will Congress Push Public Debt to 97 Percent of GDP?

Scott Lilly - November 10, 2017

The Congressional Budget Office has released an analysis of the new House Republican tax plan which indicates that the deficit will increase by $1.7...