Understanding the federal budget is no easy task and it is made more difficult by the double shuffle employed by most politicians. As we all
Category: Government
What governemnt does affects us all now and for years in the future. Many times there are unintended consequences, it would be nice to get it right.
A case in point, solve the problem of irresponsible spending on public employee pensions and benefits with a federal bailout
Harp on this as much as you want, but the cost of teacher (and other state worker and retiree) benefits is out of control. In
Replacing the defned benefit pension with a 401(k) is not a good idea, there is a better way
Some of us (well me anyway) have been saying since 1993 (the first of three times I participated on a governors commission to evaluate state
Medicaid and state budgets, the problems are overwhelming, just wait until PPACA is in full swing
The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act will add about sixteen million people to state Medicaid rolls by lowering the eligibility standards. To help pay for
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