…on President Obama’s proposed 2013 budget for the IRS. Shulman wants Congress to provide adequate funding to the IRS to support its enforcement function. The IRS has 5000 fewer employees…
…as just part of the federal budget. But in that case, it’s just part of the federal budget; it doesn’t have either surpluses or deficits, no more than the defense…
No transcript available at this time, but Rand Paul is all into symbolic votes and stomping his feet. (h/t Robert)…
…contrast to today’s budget deficit “Chicken Littles”, we maintain that speaking of government budget deficits as far as the eye can see is ludicrous for the simple reason that as…
…on Budget and Policy Priorities, based on Congressional Budget Office assumptions, has public-debt interest payments rising to 15 percent of GDP by 2050, with total debt to GDP at 300…
by Bruce Webb In comments on the last post MG was challenging 2Slugs contention that the real issue was Medicare, while BuffPilot was accusing me of ignoring Obama spending. Well…
…deadlock? Simple. We just sign on to Wolf’s proposal. Now comes the movement to bring the rationale behind BRAC to the budget. Wolf’s bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Jim Cooper…
rdan…lifted from comments by Movie Guy Key points from CBO’s analysis of implementing the President’s budgetary proposals. DEFICITS: “As estimated by CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation, the President’s…
…STATES 12/12 – California Sliding Toward $41.8B Budget Deficit 12/16 – California Republican State Lawmakers Budget Plan: Slash $10 Billion from Schools 12/16 – New York Gov. Paterson Unveils New…
…Les Gara (D) is a frequent contributor to Mudflats. (Rdan here….bolding is mine…the special education budget was cut 60%…imagine that) Update: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/08_OMB/budget/Enacted/HB_95_bill.pdf http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/6/161910/4112/564/589298 It is possible the amount is more…