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BusinessWeek
April 13, 2011
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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   |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004 |
Bush's Borrowing Is Sapping Our Strength The GOP-led Congressional Budget Office says tax cuts will likely slow growth |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What You Need to Know About the President's Plan to Save $4 Trillion President Barack Obama laid out a plan to slash $4 trillion from the deficit between now and 2023. Here's roughly how it'll get done. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005 |
Wanted: An Honest Budget Bad news outweighs good as President Bush prepares to announce the next federal budget. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Full Faith and Credit The insanity of playing with the debt ceiling. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Howard Gleckman |
The Fog Of The Budget How Bush will mask the biggest national debt in history. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004 |
Talking Business With John Kerry The Democratic nominee-to-be lays out why he's the better bet for U.S. companies |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2011
Ilan Moscovitz |
Next Stop: Economic Armageddon? What failure to raise the debt ceiling means. |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Melanie Waddell |
The Great Health Reform Debate President Barack Obama has set an ambitious deadline of October to achieve comprehensive healthcare reform. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
Jonathan Alter |
Why the Republicans Are Boxed In They'll have to come up with a whole new deficit-cutting deal, and their options are few. |
BusinessWeek
January 24, 2005
Howard Gleckman |
The Beltway Battle Ahead If Bush is willing to deal, he'll have a chance to fix Social Security, say both Democratic and Republican insiders. But he'll need to build bridges with Democrats and sell economic conservatives on compromise. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What the Debt Deal Might Do to the Economy Probably nothing good. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004 |
Robert Rubin: Embrace Kerry Clinton's Treasury Secretary says the Democrat has what's needed to get America out of its "threatening fiscal hole" |
BusinessWeek
April 6, 2011
Przybyla & Armstrong |
The Audacity of Paul Ryan His plan would privatize Medicare, cut taxes, and cap social spending. |
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. |
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? |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Heidi Przybyla |
Social Security Gets a Reprieve--for Now Obama may put off Social Security reform until a hoped-for second term, unless Republicans take the initiative. |
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
February 18, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Just the Facts: A Look At Obama's Budget Proposal Where spending is rising, and why it's so hard to cut. |
IndustryWeek
August 18, 2010
Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- Taxes Take Center Stage An analysis of two proposed tax plans shows only one will stimulate the economy and provide important benefits to manufacturers. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2010
Morgan Housel |
How the Government Spends Your Money So much spending, so few segments that can actually be cut. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Mike Dorning |
Obama's Budget and Its Discontents To Republican free-market purists, Obama's 2012 budget priorities smack of Keynesian interventionism. |
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. |
Salon.com
June 22, 2001
Jeff Madrick |
Long live big government! Bush's tax cut, based on deceit and bad math, doesn't just screw us economically -- it exposes an administration that's both blind to our needs and less effective than ever... |
BusinessWeek
March 4, 2010
James Rowley |
Wisconsin's Paul Ryan: Congressman and Calculator His combination of math and politics, including a proposal to privatize Medicare and Social Security, has made him a go-to Republican. |
Salon.com
February 15, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Reaganomics redux Supply-side economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth defends President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut... |
National Defense
October 2012
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Let's Face It: There Is No Shelter From the Fast Rising $$ Storm Defense faces a more than $50 billion reduction per year if sequestration is allowed to occur. Cuts through 2017 of 21 percent are less than the 35 percent reduction after the Cold War wound down, but sequester makes the cut totally arbitrary. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2008
Lomax & Yochim |
What Obama's Spending Plans Mean for Your Portfolio Here's a look at some of the ideas Sen. Obama discussed during his campaign in the area of government spending, fiscal policies, and the national debt -- and the potential implications for investors. |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2009
Jack & Suzy Welch |
Not So Fast, Mr. President In his rush to fix everything, Obama is skipping vital steps in the change process. |
Inc.
January 2006
Robert E. Litan |
Almost a Tax Plan The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2010 |
The Competitive Edge: The Federal Deficit Comes Into Focus Slashing the federal deficit promises significant benefits for manufacturers. |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010
Jane Sasseen |
Taxes: Ready to Rumble How Obama will target business, and how business will fight back |
Reason
May 2009
Matt Welch |
Obama's Double-Talk While the president talks sobriety, his policies take America on an economic bender. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
Thomas Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- An Exit Strategy for the Stimulus Plan We need to ensure that the government's intervention into the private sector is as brief as possible. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Przybyla & Faler |
Deficits and Debt as Far as the Eye Can See Neither the President's panel nor the most hawkish budget-cutters would balance the federal budget for decades to come. |
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
September 20, 2004
Gleckman & McNamee |
What A "Fairer" Tax Code Might Look Like A reelected Bush may rework the existing system -- or try for a consumption tax. His previous tax cuts and other ideas offer some hints as to where Bush-style reform might go. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2004
Mathew Emmert |
Presidential Portfolio Potluck What the candidates are bringing to the tax table. |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Peter Coy |
U.S. Economy: The Case for More Stimulus The worst thing about the uptick in hiring? It could undermine a second wave of federal spending that may be needed to stave off a double-dip recession. |
National Defense
October 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
President's Half-Trillion Dollar Jobs Plan Muddies the Defense Budget Waters What one wonders though is how the new requirement to "pay for" the Jobs Bill will affect defense spending. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2008
Robert Brokamp |
Obama and Your Golden Years Will President-elect Obama shore up America's retirement security? |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks to Robert Reich The former Labor Secretary on fixing the labor market, extending the Bush tax cuts, and Obama's economic team. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2011
Gary Cassady |
How to Trade Budget Cuts With the economy still in such dire straits, it is unclear exactly what effect spending cuts will have on the recovering economy. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Check's in the Mail How the tax cut went from impossible to inevitable... |
BusinessWeek
November 4, 2009
Jane Sasseen |
Health-Care Reform's Hidden Taxes Why a lot of health reform's costs could be borne by the middle class, despite Obama's pledges. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Richard S. Dunham |
"Swing Voters Are Smarter Than Bush People Think" Likely Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry comments on Bush campaign ads... His hike-and-tax policy... His pledge to halve the deficit... Generating more manufacturing jobs... etc. |
