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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on Tuesday showing a rapidly shrinking federal budget deficit. The CBO estimates [...]

“The whole idea that the government is like a family — completely fallacious.” – Mark Blyth

Last week, The White House released a summary of President Obama’s budget. The proposal aims for a 3 to 1 [...]

So I’m watching Rachel Maddow, and she cites a Bloomberg poll that shows only 6 percent of Americans know the [...]

There’s plenty of talk about who is to blame for the sequestration, the automatic spending cuts set to kick in [...]

A common argument in support of raising taxes on the rich is the idea of shared sacrifice. The United States [...]

Every time we have a national debate about the deficit, Republicans start talking about cuts to Social Security while Democrats, [...]

Speaker John Boehner and pretty much the entire Republican Party and even some Democrats say we have a spending problem, [...]

Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell either showed his lack of understanding of the debt ceiling, or he showed [...]

There are two things you should note about the “fiscal cliff” debate. 1. There’s an awful lot of hot air [...]

Raising the top tax rate 4.6 points to 39.6% is a radical idea that will mean the end of capitalism [...]

I know some will say this is a false choice, but I ask, what is more important, the economy or [...]