…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

…equal the rate on work income, and that he did this in order to narrow the budget deficit. And that it worked! It narrowed the budget deficit! But Romney said…

rdan Another look at the budget deficit: Discussions of the budget outlook typically begin with the budget “baseline”… In building the baseline, CBO follows rules that … generally assume that…

…of the budget moving back into balance after the recession ended, thanks to Bush’s policies the budget outlook is for large and worsening deficits, as the following chart illustrates. Note…

…we should have more immigrants. Effects of the Immigration Surge on the Federal Budget and the Economy, Congressional Budget Office Introduction The number of people entering the United States has…

…way to measure THE ‘budget deficit’ would be to include the items that were ‘on budget’ and exclude the items that were ‘off budget’. Because otherwise why use the terms…

I used to enjoy the civility of Congressman J. C. Watts even when he tried to give the GOP credit for the reduction in the Federal deficit during the 1990’s…

…on it.* (Apparently, that is how CNN does fact-checking.). Given his insistence on his proposal’s revenue neutrality, let me repeat my 5-step plan, “How to Read a Republican Tax Proposal.”…

…first budget to Congress. He said his administration will begin confronting the issues of entitlement reform and long-term budget deficits soon after it jump-starts job growth and the stock market….

…face a dire terrorist threat. But I have also extracted a blood-oath commitment from the GOP leadership in the House and the Senate that a proposal for a guest-worker program…