Brian Riedl

Brian Riedl is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of the new report “A Comprehensive Federal Budget Plan to Avert a Debt Crisis.” Follow him on twitter @Brian_Riedl.

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NO EFFORT

Progressives’ Radical Dream Policies Don’t Even Exist

Unserious skeleton bills like “Medicare for All” imagine a fantasy America of massive government entitlements, but lack even the pretense of specifics.

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THIS ISN’T NEW

Republicans Are Right to Demand a ‘Dirty’ Debt Limit Bill

President Biden frames the GOP as “hostage takers,” but both parties have historically demanded new policies attached to debt limit increases.

Brian Riedl

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CALM DOWN, THINK THIS THROUGH

Progressives Should Support GOP’s Social Security Reform

Democrats are resorting to pre-election scare-mongering, but Republicans aren’t trying to gut Social Security, they’re trying to save it.

Brian Riedl

DROWNING IN DEBT

Trump Added More to the National Debt Than Obama and Bush

The fiscally irresponsible 45th president somehow bloated deficits more in four years than his predecessors did in eight.

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RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE

Biden’s Budget Plan Is the Wrong Way To Tax the Rich

Instead of taking straightforward steps to do that, he’s proposing convoluted schemes that would distort markets while likely failing to deliver the revenue he says they would.

Brian Riedl