Fiscal Policy

A post-secondary degree has become increasingly essential for success in the current economy. However, given that financial aid has not kept pace (pdf) with the skyrocketing costs (pdf) of higher education, getting that college degree has become much more challenging.Read more

With a growing chorus of support for the establishment of an independent budget commission, I thought it wise to weigh in. But before we get to the budget commission itself, let’s first discuss the underlying policy issue: deficits.
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It's time to restart the dialogue on the flat tax. It's a policy that has cycled in and out of the national discourse since the 1990s, when the flat tax gathered some momentum across party lines. Jerry Brown, the former Governor of California and supply-side advocate, supported the flat tax in his unsuccessful 1992 campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination.Read more

Invincible is the final studio album released by Michael Jackson in 2001. Invincible is also a feel-good underdog football movie released in 2006, starring Mark Wahlberg. But more to my point, Invincible is a young Image Comics superhero. Why is this relevant? Because there is a real life group of Young Invincibles--the 13 million young adults (ages 19 to 29) in America who do not have health insurance.
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