Obama delivers $3.77 trillion spending plan to Congress
The proposal would raise taxes further on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs like Social Security
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 11:24 AM UTCBusiness Associated Press, Barack Obama
Fiscal cliff
Business Associated Press, Barack Obama
Did Obama get played by the Republicans?
With the sequester taking hold, the New Year's Eve fiscal cliff deal is starting to look a lot different now
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 11:30 AM UTC 45Politics Opening Shot, Barack Obama
Sequestration: Our dumbest, most avoidable economic crisis yet
When Congress' scramble to find a last-minute fix fails, it will have only itself to blame
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:11 PM UTCBusiness Next New Deal, Sequestration
There is no one “stable” debt ratio
Lost in the debt ceiling hand-wringing: Different economies can support different deficits at different times
Monday, Feb 11, 2013 5:55 PM UTCBusiness On the Economy, Barack Obama
Deficit reduction can’t reignite the economy
Defecit hawks and government-haters won't admit it, but we need to focus on bringing back better paying jobs
Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 5:46 PM UTCPolitics budget deficit, Fiscal cliff
Has America become a slave to its own debt?
For a small minority, it's a blessing; for others, a curse. A history of our Jekyll-and-Hyde relationship with debt
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 4:03 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com, Debt ceiling
Is Jon Stewart turning off his fan base?
"The Daily Show" host's praise for "ZDT" and his dismissal of the platinum coin may be pushing liberal fans away
Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 159Entertainment Jon Stewart, Andrew Sullivan
Republicans are creating their own worst economic nightmare
Hitting the debt ceiling could set off a global financial panic -- and plunge us even deeper into our fiscal crisis
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 7:28 PM UTC 21Business The American Prospect
Obama’s debt ceiling strategy hinges on GOP sanity
The president is making a major gamble that Republicans are rational enough to bow to public pressure
Monday, Jan 14, 2013 10:59 PM UTC 24Politics RobertReich.org, Debt ceiling
South Florida Tea Party rebranding as not the Tea Party
The group no longer wants to be associated with "certain organizations that have the name 'tea party'"
Monday, Jan 14, 2013 8:56 PM UTCPolitics Tea Party, Florida
Will Obama cave on Social Security?
With chained CPI a likely part of any debt ceiling deal, outraged progressives are organizing in advance
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 63Politics Fiscal cliff, Debt ceiling
The “fiscal cliff” deal’s fattest cats
Goldman Sachs is sitting pretty after Congress cut a deal larded with corporate tax breaks worth billions
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 7:31 PM UTCPolitics BillMoyers.com, Goldman Sachs
Obama must use the Constitution on guns and the debt ceiling
Republicans have shown they're incapable of compromise. It's time the president exerts his executive authority
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 2:43 PM UTC 17All Salon RobertReich.org, Debt ceiling
Tax the annoying!
Why some economists want to tax the things we do that negatively affect others
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 9:38 PM UTC 12Life Taxes, economy, pigovian taxes
This isn’t 2011′s debt ceiling fight
An increasingly rattled GOP heads into a new round of negotionations with the future of the party up in the air
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 5:06 PM UTC 14Politics The American Prospect
Why not mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin?
It may be silly, but the idea of lurching from one manufactured economic crisis to the next is a lot sillier
Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 46Business AlterNet, Mint the Coin, Platinum
Obama’s Great Society
Does the president's legacy require chipping away at LBJ's', or building on it?
Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 78News Great Society, Social Security
IMF economists apologize for austerity forecasts
Economists admit that they failed to see how huge cuts would undermine growth in countries like Greece
Friday, Jan 4, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 16News IMF, Austerity, Fiscal cliff
Congress: Worst reality TV show ever
The fiscal cliff was a manufactured crisis with an obvious ending. And the breathless coverage obscured the facts
Friday, Jan 4, 2013 10:00 AM UTCPolitics Fiscal cliff, Debt ceiling
Give Obama a break on the “fiscal cliff”
The president deserves credit for his handling of the crisis -- so long as he doesn't cave on the debt ceiling
Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 4:58 PM UTC 20Politics The American Prospect
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