March 14, 2011 11:17AM 

# Monday Links 

By George Scoville 

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- How can we have an “adult conversation” on the budget if the White House [won’t release its budget and deficit projections](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50980.html) to the public?
- [A new guide](https://www.cato.org/economic-freedom-india/) to India’s uneven spread of economic freedom could help state-level policymakers there improve the welfare of citizens there.
- “When the Cato guy tells you someone is corrupting the idea of HSAs, [pay attention](http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/262001/daniels-and-obamacare-round-two-michael-f-cannon).”
- Despite having the bully pulpit, and despite touting opinion polls in favor of reform, the Obama administration finds it necessary to use taxpayer funds to [tell Googlers what’s best for them](http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/David_Boaz_AA8CFE9A-2B7F-4AF7-B1B1-340C2FA92BED.html).
- Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has [doubled down on the social issues truce](https://www.cato.org/mitch-daniels-and-that-social-issues-truce/)–Cato’s John Samples talked about this on Friday on the Cato Daily Podcast:

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