Montana is getting more highway pork, but so is every other state.

There's so much investment capital out there for profitable new technologies. Investors are constantly looking for good ideas to invest in. If these ideas are as good as these companies say, they should have no problem, at minimum, finding a loan.

Dump the largest debt in world history into the laps of the next generation. Within a decade, tax increases would need to reach $7,000 per household (a 37 percent tax hike) just to balance the budget.

Mike Pence has done a fabulous job leading the Republican Study Committee. They have put out a realistic and credible and specific budget proposal to get spending under control when virtually no one else is talking about it.

It's something we have to decide as a country. What are our priorities?

Congress continues to resist cutting even one program.

The fiscal situation will probably have to worsen and cause some economic pain before it becomes a priority.

Sacrifice? ... At this time, there is none.

In the absence of even mentioning tax reform in his State of the Union address, it may be presumptuous to assume a revenue-neutral AMT fix after 2007.

Even small-government conservatives believe Washington should prioritize defense, safety and security, and therefore see rescuing New Orleans as a top government priority.

Most lawmakers are coming to the conclusion that the spending spree we're seeing right now is unsustainable.

NASA represents something important in the national psyche. Given that, there isn't a lot of hunger to cut NASA substantially, nor to cripple their ability to explore space.

What that means is those costs are being passed down to our children - with interest.

It's about time lawmakers sacrifice pork projects that essentially serve as taxpayer-financed re-election advertisements.

Nearly all of their savings comes from this cut to total discretionary spending. That does nothing for the real long-term problem.

There is not much courage out there. Like an alcoholic, the first thing you have to do is admit you have a problem. The flip side of it is, Americans are vehemently opposed to every possible solution.