Fiscal Responsibility

Young in America

David D. Burstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


David D. Burstein

By most indicators young people are the most adversely affected age group by the economic crisis, the most at risk when it comes to health care coverage, and the deepest in debt.

Medicare: Is America the Next GM?

A. Haag Sherman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


A. Haag Sherman

By re-sizing our Medicare system to one we can afford, America can avoid the fate of GM and maintain its competitive position for decades to come.

Picking Up the Pieces: 11 Financial Tips for the Unemployed

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business


Ryan Mack

I promise this to you, if you hold on to the belief that you will find a job, and aggressively pursue that belief, you will survive these hard times!

Starting Over After a Recession: Helping Obama Build an Economic "House on a Rock"

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business


Ryan Mack

President Obama has his five pillars that he plans to use as a foundation for strengthening the economy. We can use these same pillars to apply to our daily lives.

Unhappy Fiscal New Year

Rep. Jason Chaffetz | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


Rep. Jason Chaffetz

Contrary to what some have told us in the past, deficits and debts do matter, and at the levels these debts have been accumulating, they matter a lot.

We Are Much More Than a Fiscal Watchdog

Tim Roeper | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


Tim Roeper

Jason Linkins got some things wrong about the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, and we feel compelled to clear the air.

The Public Option is Popular, Moral and Inexpensive, Therefore it Must Die

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

There's no ambiguity about it. The public option is resoundingly popular, fiscally conservative and morally sound. It's centrist, it's liberal, it's conservative. Unless you don't believe in, you know, numbers.

How Laffer Inadvertently Prophesies The Limits of Capitalism

Stephen Herrington | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business


Stephen Herrington

As the very rich have increased the gulf between their wealth and that of the average citizen, two patterns have emerged.

The Nexus and the Fiscal Crisis

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business


Harry Moroz

It is not the current recession that has put the fiscal condition of state governments at risk. The primary driver of these fiscal challenges is "the growth in health-related expenditures."

Why Republicans Should Back Health Care Cost Remedies

Stephen Herrington | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Stephen Herrington

Socialization of risk, a risk pool, is the very business model of private insurance for profit -- and government is simply the largest risk pool of all.

Latest Consumer Spending Data Much Worse Than Expected

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business


Sheldon Filger

The centrality of the U.S. consumer to the overall global economy has meant his pulling back on a debt induced shopping spree, which has sparked a worldwide synchronized recession.

Obstructionist Lawmakers Harm Animals and the Economy

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

If they were truly concerned about the economy, self-described fiscal conservatives like Boehner, Bishop, and King should have been the first to line up today in support of the mustang legislation.

It Is What It Isn't

Ned Goldreyer | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy


Ned Goldreyer

I've patriotically lost my job and even gone so far as to buy a book on how to find another one, but all these carefully executed half-measures have not been enough. The time for three-quarter measures has arrived.

Republicans Don't Believe in Tax Cuts

Bill Cusack | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Bill Cusack

Americans will never forget Bush's Presidency. Dubya and all he stands for will have to be completely purged from the party if they ever want to win another national election.

Commissions, Cuts and Crisis Calls

Barbara B. Kennelly | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics


Barbara B. Kennelly

While combining Social Security and Medicare programs under the "entitlement" umbrella helps create a sense of crisis, this approach offers nothing meaningful toward finding real policy solutions. The move in Congress to create an "entitlement" commission, suffers from the same flawed premise of a one-size-fits-all approach.

Wanted: One Grouchy Controller

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Part of the national plan for recovery should be the creation of a National Handout Controller to go over the expense accounts of every person who works for firms that have received bailout money.

Mortgage Write-Downs: Why Does Ellen Tauscher Value Banks Over Constituents? Ask Adam Pase

Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics


Jane Hamsher

Why is Ellen Tauscher, head of the New Democrat Coalition, working so hard on behalf of bank and mortgage industry lobbyists?

Should Continuing Education be Mandatory for Board Members?

Bill Donius | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business


Bill Donius

The financial mess is bringing to the light that many boards were unable to properly perform the oversight role they are charged to do with public companies. What happened?

Phil Gramm Takes No Blame

Jeff Madrick | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics


Jeff Madrick

Gramm's deregulationist spirit is all over this crisis.

Republicans: Spare Me Your Newfound "Fiscal Responsibility"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

The Republicans today are conforming to an ideology based on a myth that other Republicans created in 1997, a copy of a copy without an original.

Do You Think 700 Million Dollars is a Lot of Money?

Mike Quigley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Chicago


Mike Quigley

When the Cook County budget comes up for a vote in the coming week, we will be dealing, yet again, with a patchwork set of fixes, an ill-conceived borrowing scheme, and a lack of attention to the real problems.

Transition Topic VI: Nixon to China, Reagan to Russia, Obama to...

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

With his liberal credentials unquestioned, Obama can do something that no Republican could accomplish without being accused of social treason.

Living Beyond Our Means

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics


Alan Rosenblatt

I see a recurring theme that everyone is living beyond their means. People are over-extended on their credit cards and mortgages. The government runs ...

Adopt-A-Republican

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Andrea Chalupa

I hate to say this, because President-Elect Obama is setting the example for us to be nice and dignified and stop all the political/cultural warfare t...

Mordor Brightens; Obama's Challenge -- And Ours

Robert Weissman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Business


Robert Weissman

We have a long way to go to escape from the Dark Days. The test that may well determine the character of the Obama administration, whether it succeeds or fails, is the deepening recession.