…want? — is to risk plunging into the depths of that despair. This week the president hosted a dinner for Republicans leaders where he worked to sell his budget proposal,…

…not only a great read but also a revealing informational source on the changes in the American polity, she does note the label he attaches to the right-wing resurgence (“breadwinner…

…for cutting that budget item (which they would undoubtedly label “redundant” and “wasteful” if it hadn’t been cut). With the Obama Administration outspending all prior Administrations while adding to the…

Update: By Dale Coberly (was inadvertently omitted as author, although regulars know and the label names him) SOCIAL SECURITY: IT’S JUST MATH or how to lie with numbers “Math doesn’t…

…of being fiscally responsible or irresponsible, it is, of course, easier to balance the budget if tax revenues are higher. The last four Republican Presidents – Ford, Reagan, and the…

…Annual report As it relates to Robert’s post on public confusion regarding the budget, that’s not all they are confused about. This man thinks the statement is the definition of…

…to help pay for our kids’ college educations or our own retirements? As our family budgets are squeezed by rising health care bills and wages that can’t keep up with…

…networks,…) anyway, and don’t have a strong intrinsic preference for Macs or Linux, then the schools are better off. Now the schools have their entire budget to spend on non-tech…

…well-funded Veteran’s Administration system for the health needs of former soldiers 10. Wanting to preserve Medicare and Social Security for future generations 11. Wanting to balance the Federal budget (somehow)…

…by raising Government expenditures and financing the increasing budget by either borrowing from the public or taxation, merely induce changes in relative prices so as to reallocate the same level…