Tag Archives: Debt Ceiling

Should the GOP break the anti-tax pledge?

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Radnor Reports

By Ken Feltman   Writing about people I know is never easy and, in effect, that is what Politico is asking when they ask me to write about whether Republicans should break their anti-tax pledge. Grover Norquist has had an enormous impact … Continue reading →

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BLAMING OBAMACARE ON CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL – Part 2

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Radnor Reports

By Anthony Hawks The decision in McCulloch v. Maryland was handed down on March 6, 1819, and it did not take long for Marshall’s critics to mount a newspaper campaign denouncing the decision, particularly what they viewed as Marshall’s erroneously … Continue reading →

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WHAT A REAL SWORD OF DAMOCLES WOULD LOOK LIKE

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Radnor Reports

By Anthony W. Hawks Why did the deficit reduction super-committee fail? For the same reason that the “Byrd Amendments” mandating a balanced budget failed in 1978, 1980, and 1982. For the same reason that the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law and its sequestration … Continue reading →

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DOG CHASES CAR. DOG CATCHES CAR. WHAT NEXT?

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Radnor Reports

By Anthony W. Hawks One of the bones thrown to Republicans in the recent debt ceiling deal was the promise of a floor vote on some type of balanced budget amendment (BBA) prior to December 31, 2011. The first such … Continue reading →

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THE NEXT DEBT CEILING AND BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT DEBATES: DOING THEM RIGHT. MAKING IT REAL – Part 4 (The Elephant in the Room)

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Radnor Reports

By Anthony W. Hawks, Esq. The debt ceiling is only a “ceiling” until Congress raises it. The Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) only “requires” a balanced budget until Congress waives it. The elephant in the room is the fear of what … Continue reading →

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