Fiscal Responsibility

Jennifer Bendery

Jay Carney: Don't 'Buy Into The B.S.' From GOP About Obama's Spending Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had some advice for reporters on Wednesday when it comes to covering President Barack Obama's rec...

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Looking Over the Cliff

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Taxes, Unemployment, Income Inequality, Cbo Report, Economy, Fiscal Crisis, Economic Growth, Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

Let's talk about the fiscal cliff -- you know, the one everyone's all wound up about? Well, the Congressional Budget Office just released their analysis of its potential impact on the economy and it ain't pretty. Add up all the stuff that's scheduled to turn into fiscal pumpkins at midnight on December 31, and you could get a serious impact on the economy. Unemployment would reverse course and start rising if that fiscal scenario remained in place -- but that's a big, important "if." All of the estimates assume we go off the cliff and don't climb back. But if, as Gail Collins imagines it, there's a bungee jump instead of a cliff dive, we can avoid the worst of this. One hopes that Congress can hammer the kind of compromise that has eluded them thus far -- the one that adds tax revenues to any agreement -- before the end of the year, or early next.

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A Bold New Attack on the Alzheimer's Scourge

Michael Hodin | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's Disease, Baby Boomers, Alzheimers, Aging and Health, Michael Hodin, Peter Piot, Public Health, Ageing Poplulation, Alzheimer's, Fda, Federal Drug Administration, Fiscal Nightmare, Alzheimer's Research, Aging and Independence, Aging Baby Boomers, Fiscal Responsibility, Alzheimer's Care, Alzheimer's Dementia, Healthy Living News
Michael Hodin

What if a preeminent global health authority declared there's a public health "time bomb" among us? What if he were the person most responsible for leading the coalition that turned HIV/AIDS from a certain death sentence into a manageable illness?

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The Purple Tax Plan

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Taxes, Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, Fiscal Crisis, Government Spending, Taxation, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
Laurence J. Kotlikoff

The Purple Tax Plan is a simple, transparent, efficient, and progressive tax system. It will help the economy save, grow, produce jobs, and deliver higher wages.

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Why I'm Running for President

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Energy, Taxes, Social Security, Economics, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Foreign Policy, Fiscal Responsibility, Fiscal Policy, Carbon Tax, National Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Israel, Healthcare, Kotlikoff for President, Politics News
Laurence J. Kotlikoff

We need fundamental structural reforms of our fiscal and financial institutions to preclude such draconian measures and protect our children from an economic future we would not seek for ourselves.

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Ann Brenoff

Should You Date Someone Who's Filed For Bankruptcy?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.14.2012

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When a large corporation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it's business as usual without a cloud of taint hanging overhead. If anything, the corporati...

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Mitt Romney As Undercover Boss

Rob Taub | Posted 02.07.2012

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Rob Taub

If President Obama really wants to understand our frustration with government, he should send some cabinet members to work incognito at various government agencies, like on the television show, Undercover Boss.

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A Silver Lining in New York's Tax Hike

Carol Kellermann | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Mass Transit, Tax Structure, Pension Reforms, Property Taxes, Jobs, Design-Build Procurement, Mta, Citizens Budget Commission, New York City, New York, Fiscal Responsibility, Infrastructure, Pension System, Financial Services, Tax Surcharge, Tier 6, Personal Income Tax, Millionaire Tax, Tax Hike, Tax Brackets, State and Local Taxes, New York News
Carol Kellermann

If a temporary personal income tax hike is the price we pay for long-term reforms that enhance infrastructure, encourage job growth, and make the tax system more equitable, then it is a price worth paying.

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How the Occupy Wall Street Movement Can Create Real Change

Monique Ruffin | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Corporate Responsibility, Wall Street Versus Main Street, Occupy Wall Street, Mortgage Crisis, Occupy La, Mario Brito, Forgiveness, Spirituality, Fiscal Responsibility, Business News
Monique Ruffin

In the last couple of months the Occupy movement has successfully gained our attention, as protests have sprung up in many of the major cities across...

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The Culture of Fiscal Irresponsibility

Steven Cohen | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Taxes, Bankruptcy, New York City, Fiscal Responsibility, State and Local Government, Politics News
Steven Cohen

While attention in Washington D.C. is focused on the federal debt and the failure of the Congressional "super committee," 2011 has already seen a numb...

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Michael McAuliff

Balanced Budget Amendment Fails In House Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican push for a balanced budget amendment that would force massive spending cuts to the country's social safety net die...

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Super Committee Deadlock: Heads They Win, Tails We Lose

Ellen Brown | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Federal Reserve, Austerity Measures, Federal Budget Deficit, Super Committee Cuts, Unemployment Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Super Committee Deficit, Deficit Reduction, Politics News
Ellen Brown

The burgeoning debt has been blamed on reckless government and consumer spending; but the debt crisis was created, not by a social safety net bought and paid for by the taxpayers, but by a banking system taken over by Wall Street gamblers.

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Fiscal Irony

Michael Farr | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Bond Market, Debt, Housing Market, Fiscal Crisis, European Crisis, European Union, Italy, Wall Street Journal, Recession, European Central Bank, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility, Euro, European Debt Crisis, Gdp, Inflation, Europe, Piigs, Business News
Michael Farr

In the U.S., the action in the bond market is difficult to explain. Yields have fallen dramatically this year despite several developments that normally would cause bond investors to flee and yields to soar.

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Friday Talking Points -- I Am A 99 Percenter

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2011

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Chris Weigant

The Occupy Wall Street protest continues. So far, its staying power has surprised and enthused a large swath of America, and surprised and bemused mu...

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Choppy Markets... What Can We Learn?

Ryan Mack | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Volatile Markets, Fiscal Responsibility, Investment Advice, Volatile Markets Advice, Recession Survival, Surving the Recession, Financial Advice, Business News
Ryan Mack

The worst thing you can do in this economy is to make a knee jerk decision which either locks in losses or takes you away from your long term investment strategy.

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Demands of Aid to Religion Endanger Schools, Anger Moderates

Hans Johnson | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Ronald Reagan, National Day of Prayer, Fiscal Conservatism, Thomas Jefferson, Rick Perry, Fiscal Responsibility, No-Aid Amendments, Church-State Separation, School Vouchers, Amendment-7, Moderate Republians, Sheila Frahm, Danbury Connecticut, School Prayer, Florida, Lowell Weicker, Public Education, Ulysses S. Grant, Education News
Hans Johnson

Efforts by Rick Perry and others to undo the separation of church and state, meant to appeal to religious conservatives, are alienating a potentially large group of moderate voters who often have a decisive role in elections in presidential years.

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The Debt Ceiling Debate Provides an Opportunity for Change

Steve Garcia | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Taxes, General Electric, Entitlements, Ge, Mitch McConnell, Debt Ceiling; Obama, Government Spending, Speaker John Boehner, Republicans, Revenues, Democrats, Fiscal Responsibility, Steve for Change, Steve Garcia, steve4change, Politics News
Steve Garcia

There is no better time for Democrats and Republicans to come together and show that they are greater than the politics that separate them.

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We're Poised to Leave a Pitiful Legacy on Debt and Energy Crises

Scott Bittle | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: National Debt, Debt Ceiling, Federal Budget Deficit, Alternative Energy, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Global Warming, Fiscal Responsibility, Business News
Scott Bittle

The debt crisis and the climate crisis do have similarities. Unfortunately, people have a troubling habit of embracing one and ignoring the other.

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Four Billion Beams of Moonlight

Adam Kleinberg | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: California Budget, Advertising, Jerry Brown, Sacramento, Marketing, Silicon Valley, Fiscal Responsibility, San Francisco News
Adam Kleinberg

I'm utterly fascinated by how Governor Jerry Brown has chosen to position the new California budget that was just passed. It could have been slightly more transparent and less appealing.

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To Trim Medical Costs, Reduce Physician Conflicts of Interest

Merton and Joan Bernstein | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: McKinsey Global Institute Study of Medical Costs, Stark Amendments, Medical Care Costs, Health Insurance, Medicare, Physician Conflicts of Interests, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
Merton and Joan Bernstein

A legislative ban on physician conflicts of interest is one promising measure to curb the mounting costs of medical care. We would all feel better and our bottom lines would be trimmer.

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The Top 3 Signs This War Will End

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2011

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Jim Wallis

Congress is fed up with the war in Afghanistan, and its members' turn against the war mirrors the quickly changing public opinion.

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Fiscal Follies: The Debt Ceiling and the 48 Percent Solution

Scott Bittle | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: National Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Default, Fiscal Responsibility, Fiscal Policy, Business News
Scott Bittle

The Defense Department is just the first casualty. There would be no federal money for public schools, college loans, highways, the Centers for Disease Control or just about anything else most of us expect from government.

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Fiscal Follies: No New Taxes? So Now What?

Scott Bittle | Posted 07.08.2011

Read More: Taxes, Social Security, National Debt, Debt Ceiling, Federal Budget Deficit, Medicare, Medicaid, Paul Ryan, Fiscal Responsibility, Bush Tax Cuts, Business News
Scott Bittle

Politicians have been telling the public for years that all we need to do is cut -- even if they stop short of describing the details. So let's take a look at what "no new taxes" really means.

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Should Members of Congress With Shoddy Finances Lecture Us on Fiscal Responsibility?

Keli Goff | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Sean Duffy, Newt Gingrich, Government Shutdown, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
Keli Goff

Like Newt Gingrich, and others criticized President Clinton for an affair, despite having their own, some conservatives lecture us on our lack of financial discipline when they are not fiscal role models themselves.

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Celebrity Responsibility

Adam Steel | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Charity, Social Responsibility, Legacy, Fiscal Responsibility, Personal Responsibility, Philanthropy, Celebrity, Giving, Donating to Charity, Impact News
Adam Steel

My hope is that celebrities will recognize their ability to influence the public with their actions and use their success to positively change a life, a community, or even a country.

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