Debt Ceiling Obadeadline Approaches

FEATURED STORY: Debt Ceiling Deadline Approaches

The deadline for resolving debt ceiling negotiations is Tuesday, and Washington is nervously counting down the days. Meanwhile, the media has drummed up public paranoia about what will happen if the U.S. defaults on its loans.

For free-market perspectives on the debt ceiling debate---see the commentary by CEI experts at the links below.

The Wisdom of the Debt Ceiling by John Berlau

Boehner and House Republicans Improve Their Debt Ceiling Bill by Myron Ebell

False Prophets of Debt Ceiling Doom by Matthew Melchiorre

Failure is Not a (Government) Option by Matthew Melchiorre

Put a Ceiling on Overregulation by John Berlau and Wayne Crews

The Debt Ceiling, Thomas Jefferson, and the Semi-Virtue of a Balanced Budget Amendment by Wayne Crews

Constitutional Nonsense on Debt by John Berlau

SHAPING THE DEBATE

A Case Against Mandatory Voting

Fred Smith's op-ed in The American Spectator

Obama's Favorite Union Heavies

Ivan Osorio and Adam Michel's op-ed in American Spectator

Regulatory Trends, Real and Imagined

Henry I. Miller's op-ed in Forbes

D.C.'s Deadly Fixation on Auto Fuel Economy Mandates

Sam Kazman's citation in Investor's Business Daily

Arctic Scientist Under Investigation

Myron Ebell's citation in The Sacramento Bee

Gingrich Regrets His 2008 Climate Change Ad With Pelosi; Conservatives Still Not Amused

Myron Ebell's citation in The Daily Caller

Fired Doesn't Mean Goodbye to Many Air Traffic Controllers

Marc Scribner's citation in Bloomberg News

Idealistic Capitalism vs. Idealistic Socialism

Fred Smith's citation in Forbes

Inside the Beltway

CEI's citation in The Washington Times

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