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San Jose Federal Budget
Pew Research Center finds wealth gap widening
Economics
August 3, 2011
In last week's look at how the budget cuts affected the Bay Area, I asked the question: Is charity not one of the virtues Jesus called on us to...
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Getting Real About the Budget: Part 3 – Supply-Side Doctrine
Balancing the Federal Budget
April 23, 2011
Part 2 of this series addressed federal debt and deficit. Part 3 addresses a fundamental issue of the budget debate, whether we can grow our way...
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Getting Real About the Budget: Part 2 – Debt and Deficit
Federal Budget
April 22, 2011
Part 1 of this series presented key issues that are not being addressed by Congress. Part 2 addresses simple concepts of debt and deficit that, at...
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Getting Real About the Budget: Part 1 – Core Issues
Federal debt
April 21, 2011
All the major government agencies responsible for federal budget analysis (GAO, CBO, OMB, and Treasury) have made it clear that the federal...
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Republican DeMockracy and the Government Shutdown
Government Shutdown
April 8, 2011
Do you think there are many great athletes amongst those who don’t care for sports? How about capable accountants who don’t like...
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The Deficit Reduction Parade
2011 Economics
February 23, 2011
There are questions that everyone should be asking themselves, after the budgetary experience with George W. Bush, how did the Republicans manage...
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Solano supervisors petition Washington to block funding cuts
Solano
February 17, 2011
Two Solano supervisors and the chief administrator were in Washington, D.C., this week to lobby lawmakers in an effort to protect the county's...
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2010 Midterm Elections: Common Treasure illustrates the federal budget
2010 Midterm Elections
October 29, 2010
The size of the federal budget has been a talking point for many political speeches during the runup to the 2010 Midterm Elections. But do you...
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Pork bellies: earmarks in Senate-passed $1.1 trillion spending bill
Politics
December 14, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- This is a companion to my report on the $1.1 trillion spending bill passed by the Democrat-controlled Congress. I'll be...
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Senate spending bill: living on borrowed time
Politics
December 12, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA --- We saw the Republicans, with their majority rule in Congress, spend their way out of office. In the last 24 months, the...
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