Thursday, August 7, 2008

federal budget

Can America Go Bankrupt?

Our fiscal tab just keeps growing. more >>

No Surprises for Bush's Lame Duck Fiscal 2010 Budget

Bush's team has ordered nothing out of the ordinary make its way into the budget blueprints. more >>

Healthcare Costs and Social Security Could Cause Economic Woes

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Gene Dodaro warns that the country is on unsustainable path. more >>

War Funding Request: $70 billion

Bush sent lawmakers a request to give the next president room to make his or her own war policy. more >>

Maverick McCainomics Could Alter Our Fiscal Future

Cutting entitlement spending increases could free trillions for tax cuts and investment. more >>

Wall Street Sees Higher Investment Taxes From Obama, Clinton

And even McCain would be hard pressed to keep rates low. more >>

Obama: "Yes" to Higher Taxes, "Meh" to Spending Cuts

If he's elected, the government will be grabbing more of your capital gains. more >>

Half-Trillion-Dollar Budget Deficits Ahead

Such huge shortfalls might crimp plans for new government spending. more >>

Bookshelf: Business Books for the Executive's Nightstand

Book: Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis more >>

The No-Fun Presidency

A weak economy and big deficits could limit Democratic spending and tax proposals. more >>

Iraq Is Turning Into a Budget Issue

Dems may want to use war money for domestic spending. more >>

'Nobodys Going To Be Taking a Long, Hard Look At It'

Bush's budget is merely a political document setting forth his final wish list. more >>

The President's Final Wish List

President Bush pushes defense to the top of the budget, even if it means a greater budget deficit. more >>

Bush Budget Puts Weatherization in the Cold

The $220 million federal program for low-income families reaped dividends in jobs and reduced energy bills. more >>

Why Bush's Budget Doesn't Matter

Democrats will ignore the president's budget and submit one of their own. more >>

Democrats Pan Justice Budget

The president's budget proposal offers both winners and losers for the Justice Department, but those differences are already stirring criticism from the Democratic Congress. The proposal for the department would cut the overall budget from last year by about $355 million, with aid to local law enforcement and to other grant programs bearing the brunt of the belt tightening. more >>

Bush Budget Endangers Bush Tax Cuts

Big budget deficits make it more likely that tax rates are headed higher. more >>

Morning Buzz: Feb. 4, 2008

Google has issued a public reaction to Microsoft's $44 billion bid to acquire Yahoo! and the tone of its response is decidedly negative. The company's chief legal officer, David Drummond, published a statement on Google's website on Sunday in which he wrote: "Microsoft's hostile bid for Yahoo! raises troubling questions. This is about more than simply a financial transaction, one company taking over another. It's about preserving the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation." more >>

Michigan GOP Voters Fret Over Deficit, Pick Romney

The issue may be a proxy for concern about an incompetent federal government. more >>

Giuliani Shows His Claws on Spending

But budget-cutting without entitlement reform may be useless. more >>

Budget Numbers Show It's a Weird Time to Raise Taxes

Democrats in Congress want a big overhaul despite healthy coffers. more >>

Bush Priorities Should Stoke Fear in GOP

A children's insurance veto, $190 billion for wars, and a "deficit be damned" attitude all spell trouble. more >>

Ice Cream Mogul Wants Pentagon on a Diet

Ben of Ben &Jerry's seeks commitments to trim defense budget. more >>

Democrats Vow to Pass 'Clean' Stopgap Budget

Congressional leaders defer bigger battle over spending for later in the year. more >>

Could We Afford a President Edwards?

You've got to give John Edwards some credit. Unlike most of the presidential candidates of both parties, he's actually proposing some very specific economic policies--and even putting some price tags on them. more >>

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