Budget
Obama Could Hold Public Meetings on Fiscal Cliff
Trying to rally support for tax increases on high-income earners
British MP Recommends Patients Pay For Drugs Used to Treat Lifestyle Related Conditions
Says the move would save money and encourage personal responsibility
Americans Remain Divided on Budget Cuts vs. Tax Hikes
Lots of them want their goodies so long as somebody else foots the bill
EU Budget Talks Suspended
Agreement seems unlikely as they take more time to "study proposals"
European Union Leaders Battle Over Budget
They're supposed to set a seven-year plan for the troubled almost-but-not-quite super-state
It's Time to Cut a Deal on the Federal Budget
We will soon find out if Chili Palmer was right when he said, "Sometimes you do your best work with a gun to your head."
Federal Inability To Come Up With a Budget Costs a Mint
D.C. has a long history of financial irresponsibility
Mythbusting: Federal Workers Are NOT Underpaid by 35 Percent
In my misspent youth, I took a job as an "economist" at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Postal Service on the Ropes, May Go Down for the Count in 2013
Lost nearly $16 billion in last fiscal year
What America Must Learn from the Euro Crisis
With the fiscal cliff approaching both the left and right are ready to misinterpret Europe's economic woes.
EU Budget Talks Suspended over Previous Budget Gap
Nobody wants to pay 9 billion euros owed for 2012
E.U. Auditors Claim Five Billion Euros Were Wasted From Budgets
Message to politicians: must try harder
OECD Chief Wants G20 to Pressure U.S. Over Looming Fiscal Cliff
Don't worry José, Congress is on it...
Members of the European Parliament Reject Budget
Tough negotiations with ministers expected
Yet Another Euro Protection Plan Proposed
A separate budget for the euro zone with a central treasury and borrowing power
France Unveils "Budget of Conquest"
Top earners to see income tax rate of seventy-five percent
White House to Report on Automatic Spending Cuts Situation
What's the possibility of sequestration?
Paul Ryan Votes for Budget More Expensive than His Proposal
In order to prevent government shutdown
US Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for Fourth Straight Year
Increased by $191 billion in August
Lawmakers' Primary Goal: Prevent Federal Gov. Shutdown
$1 trillion spending bill would fund government until March
The President As Planetary Policeman
The GOP's military hawks squawk louder than its budget hawks.
Clinton Chief of Staff on Ryan: "This Guy is Amazing"
Erskine Bowles made the comments a year ago at the University of North Carolina.
Tragic News: Washington Will Not Be Shutting Down
Boehner, Reid reach agreement to fund six more months of federal spending
42 Straight Months of Stupidly Optimistic Official Predictions About Economic Recovery
Once-a-month quotes from the Obama administration and the media about how the economy will be booming any minute now.
