…buying public backed insurance. Of course, how that gibes with the rhetoric of no public option and ‘taking responsibility’ is very human…it tends to change upon need and whim. Of…

…vigor of the American economy. • The first step toward establishing budget responsibility is to reform the budget decision process so that the major drivers of escalating deficits—Social Security, Medicare,…

…is actually a negative $1.5 trillion. Making it look like $17.4 trillion was simply picked as representing the scariest number possible. I’ll accept some responsibility for the $6.5 trillion gap…

…very Trumanesque, except Truman could tolerate argument and dissent. While it is true that Bush does not seem to care for opposing opinions – to suggest that he takes responsibility…

…for our government to order Americans into combat. It is a solemn responsibility of elected officials to accept responsibility for our decision and its consequences, and, with those who disseminate…

…fault that the bad intelligence made it into the SOTU. It’s clearly the responsibility of the NSC. Ultimately, the responsibility is the President’s, notwithstanding new Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s best…

Budget Deficits The OMB (the White House agency with responsibility for the budget) pegged the upcoming budget deficit at $300b–this is basically a direct projection based on the fact that…

…Often, they raise questions5: is health care a “right”, a “privilege”, or a “moral responsibility”—something that, we as a civilized society, we owe to each other? “Individual responsibility” is a…

…by Congress and in the end walked away from $billions in responsibility over the decades. Guess students do not get a benefit of the doubt. Another proposal by David Bergeron…

…it is only three paragraphs, I quote it in its entirety: Finally, all aggression that is not denied, and for which personal responsibility can be accepted, is available to give…