What I'm trying to say--just as Senator McCain said, it isn't about numbers; it is about the capability.
Any military leader would want to keep all the advantage to him, not provide any advantage to the enemy.
Bingo.
I was amazed when I got here that somehow, when you get inside the Beltway, the law of net present value does not apply.
But I would also point out that there is another deficit that is not shown on this chart, which is the infrastructure de...
If we just collected the taxes owed, we would almost eliminate the current deficit.
I think this is so important, and we have got to continue to talk about this.
I suspect you would see that there is a direct correlation between partisanship and low esteem.
A lot of it comes down to people.
You are straining at gnats and swallowing camels.
I believe that a lot of it is the individuals that are in the seats and whether they are inclined to try to work things ...
The tax expenditures now exceed the actual tax revenues.
It seems to me that that would be a reform that would clarify the accounting.
Unless we deal with the underlying growth of the cost of health care, that is going to eat us up.
We are spending all of our time on really one-fourth of the Federal budget.
I think that is an important point, because there was a lot of talk at the time that CBO says ACA will cost 2 million jo...
My only concern as a policymaker is that we not be seduced by the rosy projections that never manifest themselves.
I would argue, for example, that the GI bill is one of the most cost-effective programs in history, but the results did ...
