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Can America Go Bankrupt?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- July 29, 2008
Our fiscal tab just keeps growing.
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No Surprises for Bush's Lame Duck Fiscal 2010 Budget
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- June 20, 2008
Bush's team has ordered nothing out of the ordinary make its way into the budget blueprints.
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Healthcare Costs and Social Security Could Cause Economic Woes
By Katherine Skiba -
Nation & World
- June 18, 2008
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Gene Dodaro warns that the country is on unsustainable path.
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War Funding Request: $70 billion
Nation & World
- May 2, 2008
Bush sent lawmakers a request to give the next president room to make his or her own war policy.
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Maverick McCainomics Could Alter Our Fiscal Future
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- April 29, 2008
Cutting entitlement spending increases could free trillions for tax cuts and investment.
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Wall Street Sees Higher Investment Taxes From Obama, Clinton
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- April 16, 2008
And even McCain would be hard pressed to keep rates low.
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Obama: "Yes" to Higher Taxes, "Meh" to Spending Cuts
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- March 28, 2008
If he's elected, the government will be grabbing more of your capital gains.
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Half-Trillion-Dollar Budget Deficits Ahead
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- March 26, 2008
Such huge shortfalls might crimp plans for new government spending.
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Bookshelf: Business Books for the Executive's Nightstand
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money & Business
- February 28, 2008
Book: Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis
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The No-Fun Presidency
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- February 25, 2008
A weak economy and big deficits could limit Democratic spending and tax proposals.
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Iraq Is Turning Into a Budget Issue
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- February 19, 2008
Dems may want to use war money for domestic spending.
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'Nobodys Going To Be Taking a Long, Hard Look At It'
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- February 8, 2008
Bush's budget is merely a political document setting forth his final wish list.
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The President's Final Wish List
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- February 8, 2008
President Bush pushes defense to the top of the budget, even if it means a greater budget deficit.
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Bush Budget Puts Weatherization in the Cold
By Marianne Lavelle -
Beyond the Barrel
- February 6, 2008
The $220 million federal program for low-income families reaped dividends in jobs and reduced energy bills.
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Why Bush's Budget Doesn't Matter
By Bret Schulte -
Nation & World
- February 5, 2008
Democrats will ignore the president's budget and submit one of their own.
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Democrats Pan Justice Budget
News Desk
- February 5, 2008
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.
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Bush Budget Endangers Bush Tax Cuts
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- February 4, 2008
Big budget deficits make it more likely that tax rates are headed higher.
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Morning Buzz: Feb. 4, 2008
News Desk
- February 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."
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Michigan GOP Voters Fret Over Deficit, Pick Romney
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- January 16, 2008
The issue may be a proxy for concern about an incompetent federal government.
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Giuliani Shows His Claws on Spending
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- December 3, 2007
But budget-cutting without entitlement reform may be useless.
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Budget Numbers Show It's a Weird Time to Raise Taxes
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 12, 2007
Democrats in Congress want a big overhaul despite healthy coffers.
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Bush Priorities Should Stoke Fear in GOP
By John Mashek -
A Capital View
- September 27, 2007
A children's insurance veto, $190 billion for wars, and a "deficit be damned" attitude all spell trouble.
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Ice Cream Mogul Wants Pentagon on a Diet
By Nikki Schwab -
Nation & World
- September 25, 2007
Ben of Ben &Jerry's seeks commitments to trim defense budget.
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Democrats Vow to Pass 'Clean' Stopgap Budget
By Danielle Knight -
Nation & World
- September 24, 2007
Congressional leaders defer bigger battle over spending for later in the year.
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Could We Afford a President Edwards?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- May 15, 2007
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.
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