Deficit Plan

Who Is Warren Buffett's Secretary?

Slate Magazine | Annie Lowrey | Posted 11.20.2011

For nearly two decades, Debbie Bosanek has fielded press calls, investor queries, and sundry other requests for her boss, billionaire investor Warren ...

Do Millionaires Actually Pay Lower Taxes Than Their Secretaries?

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.20.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he wants to make sure millionaires are taxed at higher rates than their secretaries. The data say they ...

Obama Plan Would Fix Big Health Care Reform Glitch

AP | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.19.2011

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's new deficit plan would fix a $14 billion glitch in his health care law. Unless the problem gets fixed, a milli...

GANG OF SIX: Bipartisan Senate Group Seeks Debt-Reduction Plan

nytimes.com | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 06.16.2011

Days after President Obama called for forming a bipartisan group in Congress to begin negotiating a $4 trillion debt-reduction package, the parties ha...

Obama Deficit Plan Wins The Approval Of The Bond Market

Posted 06.13.2011

NEW YORK (By Emily Flitter) - It lacked details, and quickly drew a crowd of critics across Capitol Hill, but President Barack Obama's $4 trillion...