…lower-middle-class families to vote Republican, which means they are ultimately voting against their own economic interests for a party that wants all the benefits of the federal government to accrue…

…I got this from SIFMA: http://www.sifma.org/research/statistics.aspx It’s still true that the Fed may have to call more than $1,218,400 from the vasty deep to follow Gagnon’s instructions — there must…

…that is FICA payroll tax, tax on certain benefits, and interest on Trust Fund assets, with the totals being labeled in the Tables as “Income”. In an ideal world the…

…Newt Gingrich would have had an equally simple answer: in seven years. President Bill Clinton’s failure to embrace the goal of a balanced budget at all was a major political…

…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…

…the all time winner. The concept of Ballance is that reporting and commentary must reach balanced conclusions no matter what the facts are. It is named after former representative Jack…

…spin. Tax increases and judicious stimulus measures can allow us to recover. Removing the safety net will thrust the country into a deep recession, since it will impact seniors, dependent…

…all of health care) and funneling it to the producers of health care, usually through the books of private or public health insurers. Risk pooling by private or public insurers…

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