by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt HEALTH CARE: Nursing Shortage Issues As Labor Day approaches it is a good time to think about health care labor issues, some good news, some bad news. A phenomena many of us have noticed over the years (hard to exactly quantify though) is that recessions pull nurses back into the […]

by reader Ilsm American Empire and “exert upon the world the full impact of our influence for such purposes as we see fit and by such means as we see fit” (Henry R. Luce); why the generals push back on Gates’ minimal 3% increase in their war machine, disguised as cuts. Generals push back on […]

by Dan Crawford (Rdan)(H/t Ken Houghton) Eric Leeper’s paper Monetary Science, Fiscal Alchemy∗, also found ungated in the Financial Times: Jackson Hole papers finally available, mentioned Angry Bear in a footnote page 12 in the section on reactions to the lastest CBO report. Here is the fiscal alchemy of Bruce’s post on the CBO report. […]

Daily Kos: Simpson to disabled vets: You cost too much Joan McCarter: Fresh off of being forgiven by the White House, Simpson has a new target. :RALEIGH, N.C.—The system that automatically awards disability benefits to some veterans because of concerns about Agent Orange seems contrary to efforts to control federal spending, the Republican co-chairman of […]

by Linda Bealecrossposted with Ataxingmatter Dealing with the Sunset of the Bush Tax Cuts (Part V in a series)–dividends at capital gains rate IN this series, i’ve been discussing the merits of enacting a new series of tax cuts that mimic, at least in part, the Bush temporary tax cut legislation that expires at the […]

by Mike KimelCross posted at the Presimetrics blog Employment During Recoveries from Recessions – Long Term Trends The following graph of the employment to population ratio was obtained from the Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED). The employment to population ratio shows the percentage of American civilians age 16 and over that happen to be employed. […]

by Linda Bealecrossposted with Ataxingmatter Offshore Banking Secrecy–more on the UBS case The IRS announced today that the Swiss government has completed its processing of the 4450 UBS accounts of U.S. taxpayers that were the subject of the August 2009 agreement for deferred prosecution of UBS and ending of the John Doe summons request. The […]

I don’t see mentioned how much money is given to each organization nor how that fits into each organization’s overall funding sources, but the big names in think tanks and such are well connected. By Muckety.com