…remove a bone spur. She arrived at the surgery center at 8 a.m., left at 12:30 p.m., and the bill came to $37,000, not counting doctor fees. In recovery now…

…New Deficit Reduction Plan from Bipartisan Group, NY Times, Nov. 17, 2010. Now Rivlin is one of those Clintonites who is a right-center Democrat and, like so many of the…

by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter Some Links Worth Noting at CBPP–causes of deficit, increases in income inequality Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Where Today’s Large Deficits Come From…

…Task Force” sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center”. See Bipartisan Policy Center, press release, Bipartisan Policy Center Launches Debt Reduction Task Force, Jan. 25, 2010. In addition, she was recently…

…$80 million Administration $300 million Job Corps Subtitle B Health and Human Services $500 million Grants to Health Centers $1 billion Renovation and Repair of Health Centers $88 million Equipping…

…Data Centers. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) provides information on the NCHS National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), a continuing series of national sample surveys of nursing homes, their…

Joseph Rosenberg of Tax Policy Center notes that the chained cpi changes taxes for ppeople as well: Obama Budget Plan Results In ‘Back Door’ Tax Increase For Middle-Class Households: Analysis:…

…and Caperton of the Center for American Progress add to the criticism of using Fair Market Valuation stating government loans of all types has cost taxpayers 94 cents for every…

…building a $400 million, 50- to 150-job, data center in Greensboro, without incentives. Why would it not want incentives? Take a guess. Here’s mine, which seems to be pretty widely…

…statements of fact about the eventual law and to make one infamous one himself (“If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan,” which is true for…