January Trade Deficit up 9.4% – Record High, December deficit up
…time. US Trade Deficit Rose 9.4% to a Record High in January After December Deficit Revised Higher Our trade deficit rose 9.4% in January, as the value of our exports…
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Prez throws PRC Chair under the bus, WaPo misses the bus completely
…down as Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, to be replaced by Commissioner Robert Taub as Acting Chairman. It’s entitled “Jet-setting postal regulator replaced amid scrutiny of travel habits.” Hicks…
There are limits to the analogy between Clinton’s 2008 primary contest with Obama and Sanders’s primary contest now with her. Clinton doesn’t get that. But she needs to figure it out because the differences matter.
…days after she lost the California primary to Obama in early June 2008 she made a gracious speech strongly endorsing Obama and urging her supporters to support him, and repeated…
WHY THE DEMOCRATS LOST: Because they cannot win unless they explain Keynesian economics and inform the public of the dramatic reduction in federal spending and federal employment since 2010—and the consequences of it. Obama will not (or, intellectually, cannot) do that. So others must.
…Obama allows it to work, which he won’t, which he won’t.”: McConnell’s only way to re-litigate Obama’s policies will remain budgetary guerrilla warfare that will only work if Obama allows…
December Trade Deficit Up 1.8%, 27% for 2021
RJS, MarketPlace 666, US Trade Deficit Rose 1.8% in December and up 27% in 2021 Our trade deficit rose 1.8% in December as the value of both our exports and…
The Deficit Commission
by Linda Beale The Deficit Commission Ever since Alice Rivlin spoke here at Wayne about her role on the upcoming Deficit Commission and her belief that we must cut entitlements,…
Conrad-Gregg commission debate today in Senate
…Fast Track Commission proposal. Senators Conrad (D-ND) and Gregg (R-NH) have come up with a special fast-track commission that they say will cure America’s budget problems, and they are holding…
Social Security Report Release: Tues May 12th; plus the Gathering Storm
…version on the House side is called the Cooper-Wolf SAFE COMMISSION LONG-TERM FISCAL REFORM BILL described by Cooper as follows: The Securing America’s Future Economy (SAFE) Commission Act would create…
1981-1983 Social Security Commission: Myths and Realities
by Bruce Webb (Update 2 : Deleted Update 1.) Currently there is a lot of discussion about forming a new bipartisan Entitlements Commission modeled in part on the ‘Greenspan Commission’…
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress Brief
…offered by MA plans). The Commission estimates premiums will be about $13 billion higher in 2024 because of higher MA spending. Furthermore, the Commission is concerned that policies leading to…