40 Broken Promises+3 more
…elsewhere. He did replace another 372 miles of wall built under Barack Obama and George W. Bush. GOP budget hawks in Congress are unlikely to fund the much higher costs…
…elsewhere. He did replace another 372 miles of wall built under Barack Obama and George W. Bush. GOP budget hawks in Congress are unlikely to fund the much higher costs…
…went with a simple up-is-down approach. When asked this morning whether Trump was okay with the bill adding to the deficit, she deadpanned, “This bill does not add to the deficit.”…
…light.” Of course, Trump’s goal is not improving the health of Americans, it’s to sow doubt about science and medicine. Vladimir Putin is smiling. Trump hawks RFK Jr snake oil…
…the “Regime of Lies” Operates in Reform Tools Selective Baselines: Critics argue that the CRFB and similar “fiscal hawks” use a double standard for baselines, assuming certain tax cuts will continue forever…
…formula for figuring the cost of living ends up reducing the money citizens will receive in their SS checks. One of our commenters, Denis Drew labeled it the Cascading CPI….
…with your Chained CPI Social Security is not driving the deficit, therefore it should not be part of reforms aimed at cutting the deficit. The chained CPI, deceptively portrayed as…
…deficits. For example, if we had a $50 billion trade deficit, then that needs to be offset with a $50 billion government deficit. Otherwise, the private sector will be driven…
…get the deficit under control,http://blog.ourfuture.org/20130226/deficit-is-falling-dramatically-but-only-6-know-that . As it is, apparently 62% think it is rising, while 28% think it is constant. Among things that the public is wrong about, this…
…deficit, or is the deficit spending “funding” the bond purchases? The correct answer is “Yes.” Likewise: when JKH says (my words actually) that saving (income – expenditure) by the private…
…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…