national debt

Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 7:43 PM UTC

Media elites: Cut Medicare!

No matter how the "fiscal cliff" is resolved, "entitlement reform" will remain Washington's favorite solution VIDEO

Alex Pareene 18 Topics: Joe Scarborough, Federal Deficit, Eric Cantor, Video, Fiscal cliff, national debt

Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 5:20 PM UTC

The case against a “grand bargain”

A deal that cuts entitlements would be bad for mainstream Americans. And besides, what's the rush?

Michael Lind 26 Topics: "grand bargain", budget deficit, national debt, Medicare, Fiscal cliff, Medicaid, Social Security, social safety net

Monday, Nov 12, 2012 5:19 PM UTC

Everything you need to know about the “fiscal cliff”

Everything you wanted to know about the coming crisis but were too embarrassed to ask

Alex Seitz-Wald 10 Topics: national debt, Fiscal cliff, John Boehner, Debt ceiling, Federal Deficit, Barack Obama, federal budget

Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 10:20 PM UTC

The coming debt battle

Citing a phony "crisis," the GOP wants to gut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Democrats can't let them

James K. Galbraith 41 Topics: national debt, Medicare, Fiscal cliff, Medicaid, Congress, Social Security, budget deficit

Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 10:00 PM UTC

America didn’t vote for a “grand bargain”

Listen up, Democrats: Obama didn't win by promising a compromise on entitlement reform. He won despite it

Rick Perlstein 101 Topics: Entitlement reform, national debt, Medicare, Medicaid, John Boehner, Federal Deficit, Social Security, Barack Obama, "grand bargain"

Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 5:15 PM UTC

Get ready for the phony debt fight

Both candidates agree: The national debt is the most urgent challenge facing the nation. But it's not -- at all

Dean Baker 16 Topics: Pete Peterson, budget deficit, national debt, economy, Health Care, Debt, Wall Street, Campaign to fix the debt

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The case against a “grand bargain”

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Everything you need to know about the “fiscal cliff”

Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 10:20 PM UTC

The coming debt battle

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America didn’t vote for a “grand bargain”

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