Tag Archives: Budget

6 Jan

A tale of two ceilings [Reader Post]

Or, why I think Barack Obama has his head up his…..somewhere.

Action on raising the debt ceiling nears, and some Republicans have voiced their potential opposition to raising it.

To some conservatives, refusing to raise the limit on the federal debt could be an effective tactic to force lawmakers into cutting spending and facing such contentious issues as the rising costs of Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs. Continue reading

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12 Jan

The California Mess

Alanis Morissette’s song “Isn’t It Ironic” comes to mind while reading this: Arnold Schwarzenegger stormed into office during California’s last budget crisis, promising to “end the crazy deficit spending” so the state would never go over the financial cliff again. … Continue reading

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