…part of pay go. The Fiscal Times has an article on considerations being undertaken by the Commission for Deficit Reduction. (H/t coberly). The main theme in this article is that…

…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…

…high cost of American health care. I begin by explaining the origin and meaning of the “single payer” label. I will then describe the two defects in S 1129 in…

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

…make it fairer and raise more revenues.) Obama’s deficit commission appears to be following the trend of treating economists and businessmen (CEOs) and even union leaders as more appropriate to…

…because he accurately summarized an article in The Washington Post. ” The Obama campaign misused a recent Washington Post article to label Romney as an “outsourcer in chief.”” Yes the…

…of the “deficit reduction” hysteria. Again, in spite of logic so tortured it gives lies a bad name: The serious folks who are so very worried about the deficit sometimes…

…deficit from $44 to $282 billon. Imported oil petroleum contributes significantly to the US trade deficits. From 1995 to 2008, the petroleum deficit increased from $34 to $386 billion. This…

The BEA reported on the US’s current account deficit for 2004. And the winner is… $666 billion, or 5.7% of GDP: The U.S. current-account deficit–the combined balances on trade in…

…that their model seems to absolve responsibility for the large current account deficit away from Bush’s fiscal stimulus, the authors suggest other factors for the enormous deficit may be at…