Beware Politicians Claiming to be “Moderate”
A recent analysis of the Democratic Leadership Council’s “American Dream Initiative” by Demian Brady of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation proves once again there is no free lunch. The NTUF analysis found that the DLC initiative “leads to $31 billion in new annual federal spending and $250 billion in new taxes.”
One finding from the report says, “The single largest spending hike presented was a $15 billion-a-year “American Dream Grant” to provide federal block grants to states for students pursuing graduate study (the estimate includes only the impact on spending, not on revenues). The DLC’s second priciest agenda item creates a “National Center for Cures” to encourage better communication between private sector research firms and the National Institutes of Health. This would cost $5 billion annually.”
Rather than a National Center for Cures, what the country needs is a way for the country to cure itself of tax-and-spend politicians.
Note: The link is to the press release, but there's a link to the detailed analsysis.