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National budget

Boehner draws debt ceiling battle lines

With the government driving the country past the $15.6 trillion dollar debt mark, the obvious question is whether our leaders have the wherewithal...
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Spend and starve: Republican legacy and austerity

First we had the Bush no-tax and spend era with wars that we could not afford. Then, we had the Bush-initiated TARP program that Obama reigned in...
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Sick people are bread and butter for doctors

“Hey Jim, HomeMade Pizza now has gluten free pizza,” she said from across the room while scrolling through emails.“Uh huh,”...
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National Economic Council (NEC) speaks for the president about the Ryan budget

Just so we all know how things work in Washington, the NEC is an advisory element of the Office of Policy Development. They don’t like...
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Medicare and Obama’s reelection slush fund

I found this to be a curious bit of fiscal impropriety on the part of the administration; using Medicare as tool to trick senior citizens before...
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Romney budget: right or wrong

Sounds harsh“The GOP front-runner suggests raising the Social Security retirement age and reducing cost-of-living increases for better-off...
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President Obama and budgeting

Latest news to an ongoing sagaIf I write from my gut, I characterize President Obama’s budget style as “throw it over the wall and see...
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Zero-based budgeting - DEA 2013 Congressional submission

  • DEA
  • April 17, 2012
Legalizing marijuana in 2013 may depend on elegant mathematics. Click the link below to review the congressional submission for fiscal year 2013....
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No new budget initiatives for FBI in 2013

Watch this video carefully.How is it that there are no new budget initiatives planned for 2013? Could that be the reason for all of the expanded...
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Obama goes into full-attack mode

President Barack Obama took a decidedly personal approach to his latest attacks on his likely GOP opponent in the fall campaign, Mitt Romney today...
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