The Debt - The Fiscal Times
WEBThe latest long-term outlook from the Congressional Budget Office shows a big increase in the national debt over the next 30 years, with publicly held debt rising to 166% of gross domestic product ...
9 Changes to the Constitution – How Would You Change It?
WEBJul 3, 2013 — Advertisement. We last amended the Constitution a generation ago. So much has changed since then. The viral-like spread of the Internet was two years away. Pagers were still gaining in popularity ...
Why Republicans, Democrats Think Differently About Taxes
WEBAug 18, 2020 — For example, the majority of respondents say they think people who work hard should pay lower taxes. Surprisingly, they also agree that middle-class tax cuts help shrink the federal deficit. While ...
Study Finds Illegal Immigrants Pay $11.8B in Taxes
WEBApr 16, 2015 — The 50-state analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released on Thursday found that roughly 8.1 million of 11.4 million undocumented immigrants who work paid more than $11.8 ...
Bill Clinton’s Surplus Miracle, 20 Years Later | The Fiscal Times
WEBJun 22, 2018 — Beside him, a large chart showed a $150 billion surplus projected through 2003. In retrospect, this forecast looks laughable. We were running deficits again by 2002. Twenty years later, the ...
Watergate and the Abuse of Power: A Lesson Unlearned
WEBAug 7, 2014 — Saturday will mark 40 years since the only presidential resignation in US history, when Richard Nixon stepped down rather than face impeachment for his role in Watergate and other abuses of power ...
A Quick Guide to ‘Bidenomics’ - The Fiscal Times
WEBApr 8, 2021 — A Quick Guide to ‘Bidenomics’. President Joe Biden is proposing an array of policies that mark a dramatic shift away from decades of conventional wisdom about economics and politics in the U.S ...
Trump's Legacy: $7.8 Trillion Rise in Debt | The Fiscal Times
WEBJan 15, 2021 — A number of analysts said they expect the final price tag will be about half of the $1.9 trillion Biden proposed. Economists at Goldman Sachs raised their projections for additional fiscal support ...
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WEBHere's a sample of what you'll get every weekday: Republicans Defy Trump on Shutdown Threat – Sep 20 2024; Speaker Johnson Scrambles for Plan B to Avoid a Shutdown – Sep 19 2024; House ...
The 10 Most Outrageous Pork Barrel Projects of 2016
WEBApr 14, 2016 — Here are the 10 largest items identified in this year’s edition, all drawn from CAAGW’s database. DDG-51 Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyer. At a cost of $1 billion for a single ship, the demand ...
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