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Topic: budgets

Young woman worried about finances, looking at credit card (Getty Images/Kiwis)

To manage your money, ditch your budget

Dana Miranda
A man counts his coins on a tabletop. (Getty Images/MichaelDeLeon)

Why personal budgets don't work

Dana Miranda
A man counts his coins on a tabletop. (Getty Images/MichaelDeLeon)

Why budgeting isn't a fix for poverty

Dana Miranda
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

TX slashed mental health money, gun laws

Jon Skolnik
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images)

Gaetz accuses Pentagon head of "wokeism"

Jon Skolnik
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after his rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on August 21, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Trump owes El Paso half million dollars

Julián Aguilar - The Texas Tribune
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Trump's inept border wall ramblings

Matthew Rozsa
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ACA future uncertain

Capri Cafaro - The Conversation
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Paul Krugman (Reuters/Brendan Mcdermid)

"Brazen it out"

Scott Eric Kaufman
Pete Sessions (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP's "simple" math goof

Jim Newell
Paul Ryan (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Paul Ryan's sorry invention

Simon Maloy
Paul Ryan (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Paul Ryan's "reality" problem

Simon Maloy
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Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform (AP/Yuri Gripas)

Norquist's deluded scheme

Jim Newell
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Simpson-Bowles gets toxic!

Jim Newell
Greg Orman and his wife Sybil (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Centrists' clueless obsession

Jim Newell
Paul Ryan (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan's "dynamic" sham

Jim Newell
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