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Fiscal Balancing Act

Relevance Score: 1.770    2014-06-23 14:40:59

Though many argue that we face a binary choice between either growing our economy or stabilizing our long-term fiscal position, in a new paper commissioned by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a bipartisan team of leading economists explores how policies to achieve economic growth and fiscal stability are related and complementary.

The Real Deficit Is -- Are You Sitting Down? -- Five Trillion Dollars

Relevance Score: 1.356    2012-05-24 13:29:44

Normally, when I'm talking to friends or family about what a mess America is in thanks to our national debt, they're pretty interested until I hit the subject of entitlements. At that point, invisible conversational walls go up and certain stock phrases arise such as "we have to take care ...

4 steps to turning around the economy

Relevance Score: 1.339    2011-07-16 16:06:15

Albert Einstein defined the term insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Conversely, could insanity also be defined as expecting the same results but doing completely different things over and over again? Peter Ferrara wrote an Op Ed in the Wall Street Journal February ...

Pro-Smarter Discussion and Anti-Simplistic Rhetoric

Relevance Score: 1.242    2015-07-13 12:42:31

"Anti-worker." "Hates Americans." "Domestic terrorist." That's the PG-version of the rhetoric Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's political opponents used to make the case against him.

Double counting and another $540 billion to the deficit

Relevance Score: 1.218    2012-04-10 12:01:25

Only in Washington can 2+2=7. A new study being released by Charles Blahous, Republican member of the board that oversees Medicare financing, finds that the new health-care law will add anywhere from $340-$540 billion to the deficit instead of controling costs as it was sold to do. How can that happen? Federal government ...

To Balance the Budget -- Does America Want an Amendment??

Relevance Score: 1.212    2011-08-29 14:50:40

We all know that the federal budget is out of control We know that the debt, which has reached a number far too large for most of us to easily comprehend, can not continue to rise without catastrophic results. We know that our government can not continue to operate as ...

The Majority Matters When It Comes to Earmarks

Relevance Score: 1.135    2014-01-15 14:35:14

Ending Spending and its community of supporters and activists worked hard in 2010 to convince Congress finally to abandon the wasteful practice of earmarking. When Republicans took control of the House in 2011, they promised to rein in out-of-control federal spending and change the way Congress spends taxpayer money. One important step in that process was banning earmarks.

Referendum on Obamacare

Relevance Score: 1.031    2014-03-14 17:04:44

It’s official: voters are tired of big government, big spending politicians. And this week’s special election in Florida confirms it.

WHO ARE THE 8%?

Relevance Score: 1.030    2010-09-25 18:55:17

Taxpayers Against Earmarks was not surprised to find that a recent study by Bankrupting America found that 71% say government spending is too high.

How Is Our Federal Government like a Giant Hairball?

Relevance Score: 0.898    2012-03-02 10:28:13

In his 2009 inauguration speech, President Obama noted the need to figure out whether the government is working and, as he stated, “Where the answer is no, “programs will end”. I agree. For an example as to whether current government programs are working, let's look at the federal housing programs. The recently ...

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