The US' budget is structurally running a deficit to the tune of $500 billion dollars a year for the last five years. This is far worse than has been reported in the press.
Bob Greenstein | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business
There has been a spending explosion, but it's come in defense-related programs, which have grown 27 times faster than domestic discretionary programs over the past seven years.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
Even a cursory analysis of Bush's spending proposal reveals a failure in many areas to construct a budget that protects the well-being of children in low- to middle-income families.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 02.05.2008 | Business
This country really needs to start thinking seriously about cutting spending, raising taxes, or doing some of both. The United States is a wealthy nation. We're not Haiti. There's no fundamental reason our government can't live within its means. But so far, it doesn't even deserve an "E" for effort.
AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Bush's 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal heal...
Robert Naiman | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics
This warning about Bush and Iran is coming to you from Members of Congress looking at the President's budget request. As such, it should be taken seriously.
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