Right Turn: budget


Posted at 01:01 PM ET, 05/19/2013

Obama's budget is another instance of lost credibility
By Jennifer Rubin
President Obama's budget doesn't match his rhetoric, a common occurance these days in an administration that's burned its bridges with the press and the public.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:01 PM ET, 05/19/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Obama scandals

Posted at 11:03 AM ET, 05/15/2013

New deficit figures, new opportunities
By Jennifer Rubin
The new deficit figures can change the debate in Congress.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:03 AM ET, 05/15/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, taxes

Posted at 07:36 PM ET, 04/26/2013

Obama's FAA collapse
By Jennifer Rubin
The president crumbles again on the sequester.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  07:36 PM ET, 04/26/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, FAA, Sequester

Posted at 01:31 PM ET, 04/24/2013

The White House's FAA fakery
By Jennifer Rubin
The Obama administration is up to its old tricks, trying to extort taxpayers by hold air travellers hostage.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:31 PM ET, 04/24/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, FAA, Sequester

Posted at 12:45 PM ET, 04/22/2013

It's the spending
By Jennifer Rubin
Take away the labels and the public is more in sync with the GOP on the budget, spending and the debt.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  12:45 PM ET, 04/22/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Debt, spending

Posted at 01:16 PM ET, 04/11/2013

Begin the negotiations! Between the White House and Senate
By Jennifer Rubin
The negotiations should begin -- between the Pentagon and the White House and the Senate Democrats and the White House.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:16 PM ET, 04/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, entitlement reform, Pentagon

Posted at 11:27 AM ET, 04/11/2013

Not balanced, in fact regressive
By Jennifer Rubin
President Obama's budget is a massive tax hike with a small spending buump.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:27 AM ET, 04/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, entitlement reform, taxes

Posted at 08:46 AM ET, 04/11/2013

Chain CPI, muzzle Walden
By Jennifer Rubin
Republican demagogues don't help the party or the country on critical entitlement reform.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  08:46 AM ET, 04/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, entitlement reform, House GOP, Social Security

Posted at 04:23 PM ET, 04/10/2013

GOP budget heads 'disappointed'
By Jennifer Rubin
Sen. Jeff Sessions and Rep. Paul Ryan dismiss the president's budget

By Jennifer Rubin  |  04:23 PM ET, 04/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, entitlement reform, taxes

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 04/10/2013

GOP reacts to Obama budget
By Jennifer Rubin
Obama's budget DOA with GOP

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:30 PM ET, 04/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Debet, entitlement reform, taxes

Posted at 01:02 PM ET, 04/07/2013

Time to align the budget with reality
By Jennifer Rubin
Politicians must realign priorities.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:02 PM ET, 04/07/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, economy, Sequester

Posted at 12:56 PM ET, 03/19/2013

Don't conservatives like people?
By Jennifer Rubin
It's fine, conservatives, to let on that you care about people.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  12:56 PM ET, 03/19/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Conservatives, entitlement reform, GOP

Posted at 04:30 PM ET, 03/14/2013

Paul Ryan talks to Right Turn
By Jennifer Rubin
Rep Paul Ryan sketches out the budget differences between the parties, leaving one to wonder if a budget deal is impossible.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  04:30 PM ET, 03/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Paul Ryan, Tax reform

Posted at 01:31 PM ET, 03/13/2013

Truth trumps parody
By Jennifer Rubin
Politicians are behaving in ludicrous ways so no wonder parody is taken for truth.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:31 PM ET, 03/13/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Debt, Media bias, Paul Krugman

Posted at 03:58 PM ET, 03/11/2013

Democrats: The party of no
By Jennifer Rubin
Republicans have their troubles but their rivals are out of ideas.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  03:58 PM ET, 03/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, entitlement reform, Republican Party, taxes

Posted at 11:49 AM ET, 03/11/2013

Budget battles
By Jennifer Rubin
The budget battles are heating up, absent the president thank goodness.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:49 AM ET, 03/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, entitlement reform, Rep. Paul Ryan

Posted at 01:12 PM ET, 03/08/2013

The jobs picture
By Jennifer Rubin
The Feb. jobs report is good news, and makes conservative policy-makers' jobs easier.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:12 PM ET, 03/08/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, economy, Jobs

Posted at 03:13 PM ET, 02/27/2013

Sequester fabrication revealed
By Jennifer Rubin
The White House admits its sequestration exaggeration.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  03:13 PM ET, 02/27/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Media bias, Sequester

Posted at 01:47 PM ET, 02/22/2013

White House and media cry wolf
By Jennifer Rubin
The sequester will leave domestic discretionary spending 10 percent higher than in 2008.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:47 PM ET, 02/22/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, defense spending, domestic spending, Sequester

Posted at 01:14 PM ET, 02/21/2013

Why do we let hysterics run our government?
By Jennifer Rubin
The howls about sequester doom are untethered to reality.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:14 PM ET, 02/21/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Sequester, taxes

Posted at 11:30 AM ET, 02/19/2013

Sequester posturing
By Jennifer Rubin
Liberals delude themselves if they think the GOP is going to back away from the sequester.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:30 AM ET, 02/19/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Defense, Sequester, taxes

Posted at 03:33 PM ET, 02/05/2013

White House sequester antics
By Jennifer Rubin
Republicans reject the president's invitation to raise taxes in lieu of the sequester.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  03:33 PM ET, 02/05/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Fiscal Cliff, Sequester, taxes

Posted at 12:00 PM ET, 02/04/2013

Obama's thirst for taxes
By Jennifer Rubin
President Obama made clear he wants more revenue so the spendiing cuts can be small.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  12:00 PM ET, 02/04/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Fiscal Cliff, President Obama, Speaker of the House, taxes

Posted at 05:02 PM ET, 01/24/2013

Six questions for the Senate Democrats' budget
By Jennifer Rubin
The party's era of irresponsible hiding is over.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  05:02 PM ET, 01/24/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, Senate Democrats, taxes

Posted at 01:06 PM ET, 01/18/2013

House Republicans play it smart on debt ceiling
By Jennifer Rubin
The GOP has learned its lesson and come up with a smart approach to the debt ceiling.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:06 PM ET, 01/18/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, debt ceiling, House Republicans

Posted at 02:38 PM ET, 01/11/2013

Jack Lew's truth problem
By Jennifer Rubin
Jack Lew has not demonstrated the most important quality we need in a Treasury secretary.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  02:38 PM ET, 01/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  federal budget, Jack Lew, Obama cabinet, Treasury Department

Posted at 11:20 AM ET, 12/31/2012

The lapdog media
By Jennifer Rubin
The media never asks Obama the tough questions.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:20 AM ET, 12/31/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Benghazi, budget, Bush tax cuts, Fiscal Cliff, Immigration reform, Media bias, Second Term, Simpson Bowles, Syria

Posted at 01:22 PM ET, 03/29/2011

Obama needs a defense budget to match his vision
By Jennifer Rubin
If Obama now appreciates American firepower, mustn’t we pay for it?

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:22 PM ET, 03/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  budget, national security