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Budget, Deficit, Threatens Economic Freedom As soon as President Bush released his 2005 budget, critics from both sides of the political aisle were fighting mad.
The idea that the US government can go on spending simply doesn’t compute to anyone who operates a household budget. We know that when there is a limited number of dollars, you must make tough ...
To close a budget deficit, Sacramento, California, will soon charge drivers at downtown & midtown parking meters on Sundays & holidays.
To understand how serious President Bush is about reducing the federal deficit, open his fiscal 2006 budget to page 364 and consider Table S-12, "Impact of Budget Policy." Here you can see that ...
The Congressional Budget Office says this year's federal spending plan will be a record $1.5 trillion in the red. Let the finger-pointing begin ...
THE POPULAR DEFICIT-REDUCTION IDEA…. The problem with most proposals to reduce the deficit is that they carry policy or political costs. Identifying ideas that would be effective and not spur a ...
Whose Idea Is Trump’s Big, Absurd ‘Revenge’ Tax? Section 899 saps foreign appetite for US debt just as the government is struggling to finance its fiscal deficit. June 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT ...