Instead of blaming Congress for the economy’s struggles, the president should be blaming his administration.
Balance may be good politics, but it's bad economics
Why does President Obama insist on a balance between spending cuts and tax hikes?
2012 GOP platform offers opportunity to advance limited government, defend Constitution
Five issues that the GOP should incorporate into its platform.
Is European austerity a facade? - TheDCNF
Europeans blame austerity measures for sinking economy, but numbers show little to no spending cuts have taken place
House leadership slow to embrace spending cuts
Has the House GOP leadership abandoned their pledge for fiscal restraint?
Why we can't afford Irene
We’re spending nearly $10 billion each month on nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The American people are the losers in the debt ceiling deal
Our fiscal problems are growing worse, and this deal doesn’t fix them.
We need to change the way the debt limit works
The current debt limit should be replaced with one that forces spending cuts.
Don't expect promised spending cuts to materialize
Congress has no enforceable obligation to comply with its promises.
What Republicans should do next
Cut, Cap and Balance is dead, but there’s still a lot the GOP can do to promote growth and shrink government.
Two trillion isn't enough
The $2 trillion in spending cuts that Boehner is demanding isn’t nearly enough to get our fiscal house in order.
Debt ceiling showdown: Republicans should make Democrats bet the company
Here’s how Republicans can turn the tables on the Democrats.
The Tea Party is ceiling the deal
The taxpaying public knows that deep spending cuts — right now — are the only answer.
Selling out is no way to negotiate
Why the deal that Obama is offering Republicans isn’t worth taking.
A blueprint for the Obama administration
What Washington can learn from Hoschton, Georgia.
Biden to supervise wasteful spending panel - TheDC
Plan promises to sell surplus federal buildings, consolidate almost federal websites
Boehner: WH reacted with 'panic and hysteria' at demands for spending cuts - TheDC
‘Clearly we struck a nerve and the response from the White House has been panic and hysteria’
The wrong mission
Leon Panetta wants to cut defense spending. He should be trying to increase it.
What should we cut? - TheDC
The Daily Caller asked pundits, policy analysts and activists which federal department or agency they’d most like to see cut. Here’s what they said.
