…public debts? It follows, without any possibility of misunderstanding or error, that the United States Government is always going to be solvent. billy blog » Letter to Paul Krugman –…

…the “accord seen in debate over deficit.” It begins by telling readers that: “the sacrifices necessary to achieve those goals are coming into sharp focus.” Included in the Post’s list…

…measure. I’m looking for you to play a more significant role protecting the interests of working middle class Americans in any effort to “adjust” Federal spending, taxation and Social Security….

…staff members. which considering much of that staff was supplied by Pete G Peterson may mean little more than preaching to the converted. But more serious objections can be found…

…the “tax expenditures” home mortgage deduction and health insurance premium deductions are actually government spending (I assume in relation to the deficit) and thereby letting these taxpayers keep their money…

…tactics associating rising healthcare costs ultimately to an aging baby boomer population leading to the demise of the US as both programs together become more burdensome and in need of…

…the deficit and creating jobs. But the latter two goals are generally incompatible, especially during major recessions. In times of high unemployment, government deficits are required to underwrite growth, given…

…Pete G. Peterson crowd, but given a 60-40 split turning over negotiations to a group split on paper 4-3 the other way, and given ideological predilections even farther than that…

…energy and commerce committee) and only demanded that it be 80% giveaway in exchange for graciously allowing a floor vote. This tells us three things. First US legislators are acting…

…was a wave of downsizing and delayering. Basically top management in many firms decided to thin the ranks of middle management on the grounds that middle managers weren’t doing aything…