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Taking A Look at the New Budget
This morning the White House released the Obama administration’s ambitious new budget blueprint for fiscal year 2010, which aims to halve the deep federal deficit by the end of Obama’s first term. The...
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Republicans Sweep the House
Two years after the historic election of Barack Obama, Republicans rebounded Tuesday night and gained control of the House of Representatives with a dominant showing in the 2010 midterm elections. A...
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Budget Bills Fail in Senate, Shutdown Fight Back On
The Senate voted Thursday to defeat two rival plans to cut federal spending through the end of the year, reflecting deep divisions over the best course to tame the country’s spiraling debt. The impasse...
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Mittens Likes to Fire People?
If you’ve watched the news in the last 24 hours, you know that Mitt Romney was in New Hampshire Monday and said, “I like to fire people.” But if you’re anything like us, you thought to yourself, “Could...
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Payroll Tax Cut– What it Means for You
You may have heard a low buzz lately about a fight on Capitol Hill over something called the Payroll Tax Cut compromise, to which you thought, huh? Unlike many fights on Capitol Hill, this little...
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Compare the Candidates: *Taxes*
Which candidate for president this year wants to eliminate taxes on tips for waiters, waitresses and anybody else who gets 20% (hopefully) at the end of a meal, blowout, or cab ride? Who wants to pump...
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Understanding the National Debt, In 10 Seconds Flat
Courtesy of 'Washington Could Learn A Lot' We hear candidates on the campaign trail talking every day about reducing the size of the national debt. Seems like a good idea, but before we talk about...
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Janes, let us introduce you to David Walker, the Paul Revere of the federal budget, who has his roots in old-fashioned number crunching. Mr. Walker has run the numbers on the federal debt an deficit...
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Your 5-second Guide to the Nation’s Debt Ceiling
Janes, if you have the courage to listen to the news this week about Democrats and Republicans fighting over the debt ceiling, you may find yourself asking the intelligent question, “What is the debt...
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If You Want Something Done on the #Shutdown, Ask a Woman
There’s the old line that says, “If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” We would add a quick addendum- “If you have a government shutdown and a debt default...
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