by Linda Beale Obama’s State of the Union Tax Proposals President Obama delivered his first State of the Union speech tonight, assuring us that we could jump-start job creation through…

…Fast Track Commission proposal. Senators Conrad (D-ND) and Gregg (R-NH) have come up with a special fast-track commission that they say will cure America’s budget problems, and they are holding…

…Bush mostly got stopped at Step A. Since his proposal was narrowly focused on Social Security, a ‘There is No Crisis’ narrative WITHIN the Social Security context was able to…

…America blog points out the disappearance of WSJ story; “GOP Health Bill Gives Insurers More Leeway” from the paper’s website sometime last night.) Under the Republican proposal, insurers would be…

…read Krugman’s op-ed if you haven’t already. It is excellent but limited to 700 words. Unlimited reflections on the topic after the jump. I’m going to start with my proposal….

…model of the British National Health System. And they are right. This proposal goes far beyond that. There is not a single hysteric charge by the Limbaugh/Beck/Bachmann crowd that would…

by Linda Beale Linda Beale writes at ataxingmatter: Health Care Reform or a boondoggle for private insurers? The Baucus proposal for health care “reform” doesn’t include a public option. And…

Robert Waldmann A proposed reform (already shelved) is to require banks to offer “plain vanilla” products. I am very confused about this proposal, so this is a semi bleg. I…

…in the federal budget. Mandated insurance is like taxing the employuer and buying insurance for the employee, but mandated insurance does not appear as taxing and spending in the budget….

…return messages on Sunday to comment about Mr. Axelrod’s comments. A proposal by Senator John F. Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, would impose an excise tax on the insurers that issue…