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BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004 |
Bush's Borrowing Is Sapping Our Strength The GOP-led Congressional Budget Office says tax cuts will likely slow growth   |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010
Peter Coy |
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Howard Gleckman |
The Fog Of The Budget How Bush will mask the biggest national debt in history. |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Howard Gleckman |
The Budget: Hey Guys, Get Real President Bush says he wants to cut the deficit in half by 2009. Here's why that's not likely to happen. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What the Debt Deal Might Do to the Economy Probably nothing good. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Robert Kuttner |
The Budget Mess Bush Can No Longer Ignore The U.S. economy can't grow its way out of such big deficits. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Crisis Averted? The Latest on the Debt Ceiling What you need to know about the mess in Washington. |
Knowledge@Wharton
April 23, 2003 |
The Bush Tax Reform Plan: Greener Pastures vs. the Road to Perdition Robert J. Barro, an economics professor at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, took up the cudgels for President Bush's proposed $726 billion tax reform plan. On the other side of the ring was Alan S. Blinder, a Princeton University economics professor. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Glenn Hubbard |
The Social Security And Medicare Morass Entitlement reform in the U.S. -- and encouraging more private saving -- are essential. |
Salon.com
February 15, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Reaganomics redux Supply-side economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth defends President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut... |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
Cutting Through The Budget Smoke Long-term growth matters to the health of the U.S. federal budget, and so does reforming entitlements. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Fate Worse than Debt: Can the U.S. Deficit Rise to $45.47 Trillion? The U.S. government's future obligations outweigh its projected revenues so heavily that it would need a permanent income tax increase of 66% or the immediate elimination of all federal discretionary spending to put it on track for balancing its finances. |
Salon.com
February 15, 2001
Joan Walsh |
Plutocrats to the rescue! While the spineless Dems dither, the stiffest resistance to Bush's outrageous tax plan comes from an unlikely quarter: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Sr.... |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005 |
Wanted: An Honest Budget Bad news outweighs good as President Bush prepares to announce the next federal budget. |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Bruce W. Fraser |
Economic Pin Balls As it stands today, Bush's economic legacy is still uncertain. Is Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. more than a Hail Mary? |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Sick of the Budget Deficit? Read This What really sent us over the edge. For one, there was a good round of tax cuts enacted under President Bush. And two wars. You know the story. Moreover, the economy didn't grow as fast as expected. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Here, You Fix the Budget By next Wednesday, a group of politicians dubbed the "supercommittee" has to come up with a plan to slash federal deficits by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade. |
Reason
May 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2011
Morgan Housel |
How the Surplus Became a Deficit Tearing apart CBO's numbers. |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Ryan Donmoyer |
Brinkmanship Over the Bush Tax Cuts High-income Americans could be the beneficiaries of a looming fight over whether to extend or let expire the Bush-era tax cuts. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
James Mehring |
Deficits: The CBO's Forecasts Look Too Rosy The massive budget deficits of recent years are starting to shrink, according to the Congressional Budget Office. But as officials readily admit, the agency's projections don't fully capture reality. |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010 |
Extending the Bush Tax Cuts The cost of extending the Bush tax cuts from 2010 to 2020. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Robert J. Barro |
It's The Spending, Stupid -- Not The Deficit Huge debt often helps curb outlays. But today that isn't happening. A discussion about government spending and taxes. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2004
Mathew Emmert |
Presidential Portfolio Potluck What the candidates are bringing to the tax table. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
There's Nothing Macho About Soaring Deficits Those concerned about trends in the economy during the Bush Presidency aren't wimps or pessimists but thinking men and, yes, women. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2009 |
Two Ways to Fund Reform Separate House and Senate health-care bills cover costs differently. |
CFO
September 1, 2004
Ronald Fink |
It's the Deficit,... Neither Bush nor Kerry would close the federal budget gap. But that's where the policy resemblance ends. While 86 percent of CFOs are concerned about the size of the deficit, so far neither Bush nor Kerry has demonstrated much real interest in it. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Why the U.S. Can't Inflate Its Way Out of Debt This country is in piles of debt. Projections for how much more we could load on in the coming decades are downright nightmarish. You think it's bad now? Just wait. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Check's in the Mail How the tax cut went from impossible to inevitable... |
Reason
June 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
The Age of Debt Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility" but delivers the opposite. |
Inc.
October 2008
Robb Mandelbaum |
Tax This; Tax That When it comes to taxes, John McCain and Barack Obama both want to ease the burden and spark the economy. The difference is in how they would go about doing it. Here are the specifics of each candidate's plan. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2010
Coy & Przybyla |
Debt and Taxes: Will America Ever Grow Up? Two new proposals to get serious about the U.S. budget deficit are colliding with the same old dysfunctional politics. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Hawk in Hock: Obama pretends to be frugal as we sink deeper in debt The president wants to signal that he's serious about cutting the federal budget. Unfortunately, his plan hinges on the assumption that Americans do not know how to calculate percentages. |
Reason
November 2004
Julian Sanchez |
Data With taxes reduced but spending unchecked, deficits make a comeback and keep growing in 2010, even before the entitlement explosion we'll see as the baby boomers retire. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Anthony Downs |
A Recipe Sure to End the Real Estate Boom Slower growth, higher interest rates, and higher taxes are not a recipe for prosperity. So, real estate will be part of the broader economic suffering required by the adjustments our economy must make. |
Inc.
July 1, 2003
Bobbie Gossage |
Back to the Future The tax cut makes this Bush look very Reaganesque. |
National Defense
May 2004
Sandra Erwin |
Defense Watch: Fiscal Storm on the Horizon The nation's soaring budget deficits will leave future administrations--whether they are Republican or Democrat--no choice but to cut defense. |
BusinessWeek
April 13, 2011
Peter Coy |
Washington Plays Chicken With the Debt Forcing a U.S. default is no small matter, yet many Americans say they want just that. It's time for cooler heads on Capitol Hill to step up and lead |
BusinessWeek
December 27, 2004
Robert Kuttner |
What Killed Off The GOP Deficit Hawks? The Republicans are now the ones making excuses for big deficits. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2011
Tony Downs |
The Time for Austerity Measures Is Now Americans need to stop living beyond their means, both in government and their personal lives. For decades, we have spent and consumed much more than we produced, borrowing the difference from abroad. |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2006
Mike Norman |
America IS Fiscally Responsible But bad ideas from the "Debt Doomsday" crowd can bring on trouble. While it's true that the nominal figures have grown, it's a mistake to examine the national deficit and debt numbers without some frame of reference. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
Thomas F. Cooley |
(Don't) Read My Lips: Higher Taxes Are Inevitable Given current fiscal realities, higher taxes are inevitable. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Where Your Money Is Going Have you ever wondered exactly how much money the federal government takes from you and how much it spends on you? Wonder no more, economist Tyler Cowen offers a nice breakdown that reflects our government's budget. |
National Defense
January 2013
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Fiscal Talks Only Offer Short-Term Solutions, Ignore the Tough Problems The nation's economic future is still in limbo. The White House and congressional Republicans are seeking to avert the fiscal cliff, including the automatic spending cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011. |
Inc.
January 2006
Robert E. Litan |
Almost a Tax Plan The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too. |
BusinessWeek
November 18, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Erskine Bowles, Alan Simpson The co-chairs of the U.S. Debt Commission explain the thinking behind their $3.8 trillion fix for America's afflicted budget. |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2013
Mason Braswell |
Five Questions with University of Virginia's George K. Yin The professor of law and taxation at the University of Virginia discusses the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2004
Rugaber & MacNealy |
Kerry vs. Bush: Duel Conclusion Chris Rugaber: It's Not a Lie If You Believe It... Jeremy MacNealy: Texas Hold 'em... |
BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004
Robert J. Barro |
Mysteries Of The Gaping Current-Account Gap The budget deficit isn't to blame, but spending discipline won't hurt. |
BusinessWeek
December 10, 2009
Ryan Donmoyer |
How Many Ways Can You Tax the Rich? Democrats are scrambling to fund their wish list while keeping Obama's pledge to go easy on most Americans. |
