Common Good

Philip Howard argues in The Hill that solving the budget crisis requires dealing with the pervasive waste in federal programs – and the only realistic way to achieve this is to give the job to an outside commission, subject to an up or down vote by Congress. Read the op-ed below:

A new fiscal commission could decide the budget crisis Leaders from both parties for decades have kicked the can of federal deficits down the road. The Simpson-Bowles recommendations from 2010 — widely …

Philip discussed Not Accountable recently on Mona Charen’s Beg to Differ podcast – listen below.

A printed excerpt of the conversation is available here: https://www.thebulwark.com/a-constitutional-remedy-for-the-ills-of-public-sector-unions/.

Is Accountability Dead? Philip K. Howard joins the group to discuss his book on public sector unions. The panel — with special guest Cathy Young — also addresses Trump’s possible indictment and looks back at the 20th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. highlights/lowlights Philip’s: https://www.latimes.com/ca...