Jonathan Bydlak
AmericanConservative
Gonzalez, FL, United States
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Five Easy, Bipartisan, Fiscally Sane Reforms Biden Should Embrace
From increasing transparency to taking a close look at the F-35, the new president has plenty of popular options available to him. → Read More
The Easiest Way Donald Trump Can Bring Drug Prices Down
An eleventh-hour Obama executive order has benefitted pharmaceutical interests while hurting consumers. The current president can change all that. → Read More
Beware of the 'unknown knowns' of budget reform
While we may not know exactly what a well-functioning budget process will look like after all of this managed chaos, we can know what not to do. → Read More
Blaming Trump's tax cuts for our ballooning deficits misses the point
Whatever one feels about the tax cuts, the numbers don’t lie: Spending is and will remain the root of the problem. → Read More
Some rare good news for fiscal conservatives
We should be encouraged to see steps in the meantime that bring sunlight to the myriad ways government wastes. → Read More
New act can help us grapple with portion of exploding national debt
Cloud’s bill attempts to put at least a little pause on this trend by requiring CBO to include debt service costs in its estimates of bills before Congress. → Read More
Missing: Fiscal sanity in Washington
Modern history shows few examples of deficits this high outside of recession, war or the immediate aftermath of either. → Read More
America watches the Kavanaugh circus as Congress blows up the budget
What Congress and the president are currently doing with the budget would certainly make headlines in a sane world. → Read More
A New Strategy to Tackle America's Spending
It's time to change the narrative. → Read More
Congress Shouldn't Fund Outdated Defense Technology
Plans to spend billions on outdated military defenses hurts America's ability to protect itself and its taxpayers. → Read More
GOP's budget-busting policies are downright shameful
It is hard to find any Republicans who seem to care as their party continues to ratchet up the spending. → Read More
Politicians' heads still buried deep in sand as entitlement crisis nears
This week’s reports are yet another reminder of the severity of the crisis that’s coming if politicians are not able to think long-term. → Read More
Terminating Budget Committees not as absurd as it sounds
But a toothless budget is still better than none at all. → Read More
GOP amendment tries to put lipstick on our budget pig
Thursday’s vote is nothing more than window dressing for members who wish to obscure Congress’ actual spending record. → Read More
GOP amendment tries to put lipstick on our budget pig
Thursday’s vote is nothing more than window dressing for members who wish to obscure Congress’ actual spending record. → Read More
How to Talk About Cutting the Pentagon Budget
Those who (rightly) argue for less Pentagon funding sometimes sound ignorant of the facts. That needs to change. → Read More
The good old days of budgeting are dead and gone
Exhibit A is last week’s omnibus legislation, which appropriated $1.3 trillion in spending. → Read More
The good old days of budgeting are dead and gone
Exhibit A is last week’s omnibus legislation, which appropriated $1.3 trillion in spending. → Read More
It's possible to have strong defense and be fiscally sound
Few on either side oppose giving the armed forces the full funding necessary to protect the country. But is that what we’re doing? → Read More
The economics lesson Rush Limbaugh didn't know he needed
Reducing spending is a goal that’s worthy in and of itself. → Read More