…the Republicans in Congress can’t stop themselves from raiding themselves from raiding our retirement benefits: After all the GOP Congressional talk about newfound budget-cutting religion, including earmark transparency and reform,…

…Budget is a prime example. Its board includes many former budget officials along with leaders of the House and Senate budget committees. As a leading cheerleader for hostage-taking and brinkmanship,…

…post at Financial Armageddon I learnt of a paper looking at the relationship of austerity implementation and social unrest. It is recent, dated August 2011. Austerity and Anarchy: Budget Cuts…

…For a normal administration, a budget proposal would be a stronger commitment than a campaign promise. But Bush is no normal president, and his budgets can’t really be considered promises…

Everyone is reporting a 2018 Budget has been passed. Tucked away inside the 2018 Budget is a Tax Reform Resolution which allows the House to write the bill. The House…

…US made weapons I read about actually doing something and the weapons acquisition budget. The US budget for javelins (as featured in the current war and Trump’s first impeachment) is…

…about Trump budget cuts, AXIOS President Trump, Elon Musk, and their band of DOGE budget-cutters celebrate daily, even hourly targets to cut U.S. spending on everything from foreign aid to…

…theory that has gotten much of what’s gone on in the last few decades correct, but of course the GOP market fundamentalists, in reliance on the unrealistic assumptions of most…

…GOP proposal would have it), the average reduction in taxes for Americans in the three lower quintiles (who make less than 75 thousand a year) would be considerably less than…

…same tone: Lawmakers Warned About Health Costs: CBO Chief Says Democrats’ Proposals Lack Necessary Controls on Spending Congress’s chief budget analyst delivered a devastating assessment yesterday of the health-care proposals…