…last quarter of 2012 could also show a big improvement. This chart clearly shows why all the deficit hawks are keeping quiet on what is actually happening to the deficit…

To solve the deficit, the numbers add up – but not the votes Ezra Klein The sudden proliferation of deficit-reduction plans is a reminder that the deficit is, at its…

…of this game…it is hard enough to debate real budget issues without this party going on: Deficit debate driven by the wealthy, by Michael Hiltzik, Commentary, LA Times: …The fiscal…

…federal spending were worthless, appointed a commission led by a wealthy businessman to bring a business sensibility to the budget, going through it line by line to identify inefficiency and…

…care organization (ACO), a prominent iteration of managed care, illustrates the problem. The ACO label was invented at a 2006 meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The concept was tested…

…like casual threats to free speech on a Saturday morning in America. Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, saw Donald Trump’s Truth Social post and hurried to…

…ACA in “ObamaCares’s Phoney Deficit Reduction” choosing to carry water for the Republican candidates Romney and Ryan with the hope she can convince voters that President Obama’s ACA will not…

…very different than they ever have been. But it also may serve as a warning to Obama. I’ve pointed out before that except for one or two issues (Obamacare and…

by Beverly Mann Comments on Journalist Chris Hedges’ article, “Why I’m Suing Barack Obama” (reformatted for easier reading) Dan asked me if I could comment on an article published yesterday…

…an article June 10, 2008 named Please, Mr Obama No Half-As**d Measures. Mr. Obama had made remarks April 25, 2008 and more recently on the subject. The economic theory seems…