Wall Street Tax Would Raise $350 Billion
WASHINGTON -- A minuscule tax on financial transactions proposed by congressional Democrats would raise more than $350 billion over the next nine year...
WASHINGTON -- A minuscule tax on financial transactions proposed by congressional Democrats would raise more than $350 billion over the next nine year...
AP | BY TOM RAUM | Posted 12.24.2011
WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans have long clamored for government downsizing. They're starting to get it – by default. Crippled by ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.31.2011
WASHINGTON -- With congressional Republicans unbending in their opposition to including tax hikes or revenue increases in a debt ceiling deal, Democra...
Raymond Griffith | Posted 06.14.2011
OK. I am going to start out by admitting that I am not an economist. Like most people, I hadn't heard about derivatives, securities or exotic financia...
Politico | JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ | Posted 05.28.2011
I was asked to sign the letter from a bipartisan group of former chairmen and chairwomen of the Council of Economic Advisers that stresses the importa...
Colorado Springs Gazette | DANIEL CHACÓN | Posted 05.25.2011
While El Paso County deals with a lawsuit over a ballot measure to ban medical marijuana businesses, the city of Colorado Springs is laughing all the ...
Baseline Scenario | Mark Paul and Anastasia Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011
Even after a slight boost in jobs growth, unemployment for 18-24 year olds stands at 24.7%. For 20-24 year olds, it hovers at 15.2%. These conservativ...
Newsweek | Keith Libbey and Evan ThomasAugust 26, 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011
How about this for a tax plan: cut most people's taxes by half, eliminate the need to file returns, and provide the Treasury with a better way to redu...
USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011
The recession has brought a nation built on moving from place to place to a standstill not seen since World War II, but immigration continues in major...
The Los Angeles Times | Michael Rothfeld | Posted 05.25.2011
Does Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have a deal for you. Need a 2001 Ford Focus wagon with 110,059 miles and Schwarzenegger's autograph on the visor? S...
AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The recession is starving the government of tax revenue, just as the president and Congress are piling a major expansion of health ...
New York Times | Michael Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011
The anemic economy decimated state tax collections during the first three months of the year, according to a report released Friday by the Rockefeller...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.07.2012