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Morning Briefing
For December 16, 2013
1. 10 Reasons to Vote Against the Murray-Ryan Giant Spending and Deficit Increase
“New
discretionary spending” would be increased by $26,300,000,000 this
year, $21, 600,000,000 next year (fiscal year 2015), and $8,600,000,000
in fiscal year 2016. Thus, the total discretionary spending increases
for three years is $56,500,000,000. This budget’s projections concerning
spending in 2023 or any other out-year aren’t worth the paper they’re
printed on.
Even the fake spending offsets are only
$2.625 billion this year, $1.830 billion next year, and $2.026 billion
in 2016 — for a total of $6.481 billion. But these are unenforceable,
for reasons which will be discussed later.
But, even assuming their fake spending
“offsets,” the net spending increase as a result of the Murray-Ryan bill
will be slightly over $50 billion. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. How not to handle internal party divisions
While
others in these parts have teed off with admirable vigor on House
Speaker John Boehner’s oddly shrill anti-conservative budget deal
offensive, I’d like to offer a little something to study in contrast:
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) pulling the rip cord and trying to blast
herself clear of the ObamaCare tailspin. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Union Bosses Outrage Members By Denying Them A Vote On Boeing’s Final Offer
Machinists
union members in Puget Sound are “outraged” their local leaders did not
give them the chance to vote on a final offer from Being last week. If
members had been given the chance to vote and accepted the offer, work
on Boeing’s 777X would have likely stayed in Washington State.
Following
union members’ prior rejection of a an offer that was union bosses from
the union’s national headquarters had negotiated secretly behind
members’ backs in November, local union leaders met with Boeing last
week in an attempt to get the company to improve its earlier offer. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. We’re Back to the “Next Fight”
The past three years of GOP control in the House have been marked by the rallying cry of fighting “the next time.” With
every budget deadline comes a degree of leverage from which Republicans
can extract concessions on reducing the size of government. Yet
with every budget battle, House leadership shirks from the fight and
blithely points to the next battle – the debt ceiling – as the
consummate opportunity to push for reforms. After all, a budget battle raises the stakes of a government shutdown. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Milwaukee’s Best: A Lesson In School Choice
As a Blogger, I’ve had the privilege of traveling to many places around the country to learn about various issues. While
it’s always exciting going to a new place, I admit to being a little
torn upon finding out The Franklin Center’s School Choice Conference
would be in Milwaukee. Not
that there is anything wrong with Milwaukee, I just didn’t know
anything about it and wasn’t really sure why we were headed there of all
places. Okay well, I knew two things – something about cheese and football. But schools? Generally when I think about schools I’m pretty focused on the ones around me and the lack of choices therein. So let’s just say I went into the conference a bit skeptical. And
while I did see someone with a block of cheese on his head watching
football in a pub, the schools in Milwaukee took me by complete
surprise. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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