Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel attempts to reform pensions for public employee unions while financially supporting the recall elections against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for enacting similar reforms.

So, as politically divided as we are as a nation, there remains, at the very least, a healthy, mutual respect for the very American notion of the free and peaceful exchange of ideas.

The Health Care Compact is an interstate compact - which is really just "an agreement between two or more states that is consented to by Congress" - that would return the authority and the responsibility to regulate health care back to the member states.

Not only do we need to reform the higher education system and how students pay for college, but we also need to change the culture around higher education and the expectations that everyone must go to college. We need to end the delusional obsession with nonacademic offices that do nothing to prepare future generations of Americans for real life.

Policy makers at the federal level seem to be picking up on some of the ideas coming from State Budget Solutions.

The Health Care Compact is an interstate compact that would empower states and their citizens to make health care decisions, reclaiming that power from the federal government. Oh, and it would also cut almost $3 Trillion from the federal deficit. Not bad for one little piece of legislation.

A four-part series examining the cuts to higher education funding in California, and the simple ways in which the cuts could have been avoided or the pain minimized. If anyone had the guts to do so, of course.

A four-part series examining the cuts to higher education funding in California, and the simple ways in which the cuts could have been avoided or the pain minimized. If anyone had the guts to do so, of course.

A four-part series examining the cuts to higher education funding in California, and the simple ways in which the cuts could have been avoided or the pain minimized. If anyone had the guts to do so, of course.

Will Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton join the rest of us living in reality? So far, it's not looking good.

Rep. Paul Ryan proposed bold reforms in his 2012 budget, but there are lingering problems with health care. The Health Care Compact contains the solution.

An innocent statement alludes to the fundamental problem with conventional budgeting.

Reforms and solutions depend on honesty and accountability, as do our elections. Check out the latest in voter fraud reports from across the country, and learn how you can put a stop to fraud.

Is California's almost-budget more of the same?

Governor Chris Christie speaks about pension reform, destroying the myth that reformers want to end public employee pensions.

So many reasons... which one is real?

Oregon's Gubernatorial candidates are both running campaigns promising to negotiate harder with public sector unions. Should we believe them?

This November, through a variety of initiatives, Washington State residents get to decide whether they want to grow government and public spending, or whether they want to take control and force legislators to live within the citizens' means.

Illinois is Broke and the politicians keep spending. Watch a video about one solution that would reverse the state's current decline toward economic collapse.

Indiana voters will get the chance to vote on a Constitutional amendment capping property taxes in November. Let the games begin.