Between February 25 and 26 the federal debt increased by over $8 billion dollars. To equal that amount you would have to tax 800 people
Tag: federal budget
Sequestration and federal spending in the real world
My distrust and outright disillusionment with our politicians increases by the hour, the hour being the period during which I receive more e-mails, read more
Obama proposes cuts to Medicare in 2013 budget – more authority for Independent Payment Advisory Board, higher premiums, higher deductibles and co-pays, more cost shifting
Numerous Democratic politicians including Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and others have said that Social Security and Medicare are off the table in the deficit talks.
Fiscal problems and entitlement reform; apparently no big deal
Do you remember this? The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (often called Bowles-Simpson/Simpson-Bowles from the names of co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles;
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