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Autumn 2008
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Tying US Defense Spending to GDP: Bad Logic, Bad Policy Defense spending should be determined according to threat-based analysis and not fixed at 4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).   |
Reason
November 2008
Veronique de Rugy |
Fear of a Unified Government What happens to federal spending when the Democrats control both Congress and the presidency? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2007
John Keller |
Taking the Pulse of Defense Spending As the war in Iraq has become a political sore spot, we can expect the Pentagon's leaders to hunker down to the status quo on military spending at least through the presidential election in November |
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. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2006
John Keller |
Election Aftermath: What's in it for the Military? One potential target of the new Congress is the large supplemental spending budgets that fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Reason
June 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
The Age of Debt Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility" but delivers the opposite. |
Reason
July 2007
David Weigel |
Hawks and Hogs Why no one dares attack the waste in U.S. defense spending. |
National Defense
May 2010
Conetta & Knight |
For National Security's Sake, The Pentagon Has to Tighten its Belt President Obama has called for a freeze on most federal agency spending, notably exempting national defense. |
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. |
Reason
May 2008
Veronique de Rugy |
The Trillion-Dollar War The War on Terror is now more expensive than Vietnam or World War I -- but the dishonest way Washington is paying for it may prove costliest of all. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2005
Jim Arbury |
A Second Term for Bush Has Policy Implications The implications for the apartment sector, in particular, and the broader real estate industry are numerous. |
BusinessWeek
July 29, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to the Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein The Carlyle Group founder, whose clout in Washington dates to a stint in the Carter White House, discusses Obama and business, death and taxes. |
IndustryWeek
October 20, 2010 |
The Competitive Edge: Lame Ducks and the Economy A host of tax, budget and regulatory issues will still be on the table when Congress reconvenes after the November election. Will the two parties be able to put aside their differences and act? |
U.S. Banker
March 2010
Alan Kline |
Dysfunction in D.C. The sight of Democrats cheering and Republicans sitting on their hands when the president plugged financial reform was disheartening to anyone who believes the system needs fixing. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2007 |
Letters Two Democrats respond to recent editorial: "Election aftermath: what's in it for the military?" |
National Defense
December 2010
Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr. |
Military Spending: How Much Defense Will the American People Support? The American public must become better educated about the budget process and national security. Citizens should be aware that the current trends of government spending can be ruinous and unsustainable. |
National Defense
January 2006
Lawrence P. Farrell |
We Must Prepare for Defense Budget Crunch Substantial growth in defense spending after 9/11 gave the Pentagon's budget a reprieve. The day of financial reckoning, however, may fast be approaching if the current state of the nation's balance sheet offers any clues. |
Salon.com
September 4, 2001
Anthony York |
Bring on the budget deficit Robert Reich denounces Democrats' debt-reduction fetish, and compares Al Gore to Calvin Coolidge... |
Salon.com
January 11, 2002
Damien Cave |
The dangers of overstimulation The right time to jump-start the economy may already have passed... |
Reason
February 2007 |
Divided We Stand What sort of legislation and political theater should the friends of "Free Minds and Free Markets" expect during the next two years? Is the new situation an improvement or disaster? |
National Defense
August 2010
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
'Perfect Storm' for Defense Is Here, For Real This Time There have been many warnings in recent years about a "perfect storm" threatening U.S. defense spending. These dire predictions so far have not been taken seriously as military budgets doubled during the past decade. |
Reason
January 2009
Matt Welch |
Obama's Numbers The president-elect has promised to make his math add up. Therein lies a glimmer of possibility. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Nader Elhefnawy |
National Mobilization: An Option in Future Conflicts? Despite a great deal of hand-wringing on the part of social critics, the really difficult question was not asked: Would a World War II-scale mobilization even have been possible after 9/11 if it had been deemed an appropriate response? |
BusinessWeek
February 24, 2010
Paula Dwyer |
How the Political Gridlock in Washington Might End Anger at Washington and midterm elections are driving both parties to recalibrate their self-interest. A tentative bipartisanship is emerging. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
John Keller |
Defense budgets headed down, no matter who's in the White House In fact, fuel prices should have a much broader influence on defense spending over the next several years than who's resident in the White House. |
BusinessWeek
March 11, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Nancy Pelosi: Health-Care Reform Endgame A conversation with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. |
National Defense
September 2014
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Defense Strategy in a Square Corner A square corner is an apt description of the situation now facing the Defense Department. It has a strategy laid out in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review that could not possibly be executed with its current resources. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2010
Albert R. Hunt |
A Presidency Restored to Health Obama's improbable win on health-care reform is one for the history books and will boost his credibility |
Managed Care
February 2001 |
In Medicare Bill, HMOs Got What They Wanted When the dust cleared over how $35 billion in Medicare "givebacks" would be divided, the Republicans prevailed -- Medicare HMOs got a bigger cut than Democrats wanted to give them. Now, President Bush may be poised to give Medicare managed care plans more... |
National Defense
August 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Five Key Questions About the Defense Budget Here are some of the key questions that policymakers should bear in mind when it comes to the defense budget. |
Reason
June 2003
Jesse Walker |
Trading Places In matters economic, Democrats are supposed to be the party of big government, Republicans the faction of fiscal and regulatory restraint. But when it comes to the executive branch, the sides seem to have reversed. |
National Defense
October 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Party Platforms Have Little to Say About Homeland Security Republicans and Democrats released their party platforms at their respective conventions this summer. Neither had much to say about homeland defense. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security was not invoked in either document. |
BusinessWeek
January 26, 2004
Richard S. Dunham |
The State Of The Union: Secure Bush's speech will hit his campaign themes of safety and the ownership society. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2004
John Rhea |
Rough road ahead All industries, including advanced technology, will feel the bumps. The culprit? The growing federal budget deficit. And the Congressional Budget Office expects the situation to continue to worsen regardless of who becomes the next president of the United States. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2007
John Keller |
U.S. Military Stretched Thin at Just the Wrong Time Pressure is mounting from all sides to reduce spending for sophisticated U.S. military equipment and weapons, and it's coming at the wrong time. |
Inc.
January 2006
Robert E. Litan |
Almost a Tax Plan The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too. |
National Defense
April 2013
Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr. |
10 Reasons to Reform U.S. National Security Policy The U.S. security enterprise must be reformed to bring foreign policy in line with national values, and to enable improved fiscal health at the federal level. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Weekly Walk of Shame: Partisan Posturing on Health-Care Reform Our portfolios may not like it, but our pocketbooks need health-care reform. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Runningen & Nichols |
Obama's Budget: Something for Everyone to Hate The President's proposed 2012 spending cuts won't win him a lot of friends |
Insurance & Technology
January 28, 2010 |
Full Text: Obama's State of the Union Address The following are remarks U.S. President Barack Obama made during his State of the Union Wednesday before a joint session of Congress in Washington. |
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. |
Salon.com
December 6, 2002
Bill Clinton |
Clinton: Democrats "were missing in action" In a major political address this week, former President Bill Clinton bluntly dissected the Democrats' recent electoral losses. Moving to the left, he said, is not a solution -- but fighting back is. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Health-Care Reform: It's Not Over Yet Massachusetts has spoken with its election of Scott Brown to the Senate. What's up next? |
Salon.com
September 1, 2001
Anthony York |
Breaking into the lockbox Thanks to his massive tax cut, President Bush is under pressure to raid the Social Security surplus to fund his budget -- and some liberal Democrats agree. |
BusinessWeek
April 6, 2011
Przybyla & Armstrong |
The Audacity of Paul Ryan His plan would privatize Medicare, cut taxes, and cap social spending. |
Managed Care
April 2007 |
Comparing Congressional Health Care Proposals A review of health care reform bills proposed by Congress shows that many of them would cover more uninsured Americans than the current administration proposal. |
National Defense
August 2012
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Support for U.S. Troops Should Always Rise Above Partisan Politics Heated debate continues over the impact of $1 trillion in automatic spending cuts to the federal budget that could begin next year. |
National Defense
November 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell |
Plenty of Resources, But Even Greater Demand The politics of military spending have reached fever pitch as Congress attempts to pass the Defense Department's fiscal year 2008 budget and weighs massive war spending requests. |
National Defense
April 2013
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
In the Grips of Crises Abroad and at Home When considering the nation's budget problems at home -- how do we fund increasingly expensive government programs, keep faith with all promises and underwrite U.S. security and worldwide commitments? The answer is that we cannot do it all. |
Investment Advisor
November 19, 2010
Melanie Waddell |
GOP House Will Attempt to Rein in Health Care, Dodd-Frank Republicans will urge SEC, other regulators, to 'go easy' in interpreting Dodd-Frank |
