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Young in America

David D. Burstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Social Innovation, Youth Vote, Youth, Unemployment Rate, Green Jobs, Economic Crisis, Social Security, Young-Invincibles, Economy, David Burstein, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Innovation, Fiscal Responsibility, Young Voters, Politics, Unemployed, Unemployment, Social Entrepreneurship, Millennials, Us Economic Crisis, Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Politics News
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.

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Medicare: Is America the Next GM?

A. Haag Sherman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Auto Industry, General Motors, Barack Obama, Bailout, Car Industry, American Economy, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gm, Medicare, Health Care, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
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.

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Picking Up the Pieces: 11 Financial Tips for the Unemployed

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Unemployed, Unemployment, Social Networking, Ryan-Mack, Fiscal Responsibility, Financial-Tips, Tips for Unemployment, Tips-for-Finding-a-Job, How to Get a Job, Tips for Unemplopyed, Business News
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!

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

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Patriotism, Ryan-Mack, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Accountability, Patriotic, Fiscal Responsibility, Business News
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.

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Unhappy Fiscal New Year

Rep. Jason Chaffetz | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Deficit, Government Debt, Fiscal Conservatives, Federal Budget Deficit, Federal Deficit, Federal Debt, Fiscal New Year, Fiscal Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
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.

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We Are Much More Than a Fiscal Watchdog

Tim Roeper | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Jason Linkins, Barack Obama, Polling, George W. Bush, Social Security, Lewin Group, Dartmouth Atlas Project, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Peter G. Peterson, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, Health Care, Fiscal Responsibility, Media News
Tim Roeper

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

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

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Chuck Todd, Cbo, Obamacare, Public Option, Maria Bartiromo, David Brooks, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Cable News, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
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.

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How Laffer Inadvertently Prophesies The Limits of Capitalism

Stephen Herrington | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: 401(K), Taxes, Wealth, Stock Market, Economy, Economic Crisis, Tax Cuts, Arthur Laffer, Wage Gap, Housing Crisis, Wealth Gap, Fiscal Responsibility, Business News
Stephen Herrington

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

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The Nexus and the Fiscal Crisis

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Care, State Budgets, Medicaid, Stimulus, Budget, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Local Budgets, Fiscal Responsibility, Business News
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."

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Why Republicans Should Back Health Care Cost Remedies

Stephen Herrington | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Congress, Gdp, Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, Conservatives, Budget, Gop, Marxism, Medicare, Health Care, Fiscal Responsibility, Veterans, Politics News
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.

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Latest Consumer Spending Data Much Worse Than Expected

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Commerce Department, Retail Sales, Consumer Spending, Recession, Interest Rates, Deleveraging-the-Economy, American Consumerism, Automaker Bailout, Wall Street Bailout, Obama Administration, Fiscal Responsibility, Global Economic Crisis, Unemployment Numbers, Global Recession, Federal Bailouts, Consumer Confidence, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Budget Deficit, Cash for Clunkers, Recession Fears, Consumers, Recession Watch, Business News
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.

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Obstructionist Lawmakers Harm Animals and the Economy

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thad McCotter, Raul Grijalva, Nick Rahall, John Campbell, Tax Dollars, John Boehner, Wild Mustangs, Dan Burton, Wild Horses, Ed Whitfield, Virginia Foxx, Fiscal Responsibility, Elton Gallegly, Steve King, Politics News
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.

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It Is What It Isn't

Ned Goldreyer | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Freegan, Staycation, Unemployment, Recession, Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Comedy News
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.

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Republicans Don't Believe in Tax Cuts

Bill Cusack | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, Tax Cuts, Financial Crisis, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Personal Finance, Federal Budget, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
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.

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Commissions, Cuts and Crisis Calls

Barbara B. Kennelly | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fiscal Summit, Entitlements, Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, Economic Crisis, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Medicare, Entitlement Reform, Fiscal Task Force, Entitlement Commission, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
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.

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Wanted: One Grouchy Controller

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sheryl Crow, Bad Guys, Chicago, Bailouts, Fiscal Responsibility, Controller, Business News
<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.

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

Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Cram-Down, Adam Pase, Ellen Tauscher, Twenty First Century Group, Coalition for Fair & Affordable Lending, New Democrat Coalition, Chris Bowers, Bluedogs, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Banks, Banking Industry, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

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

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Should Continuing Education be Mandatory for Board Members?

Bill Donius | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Education, CEO Compensation, Ceos, Fiscal Responsibility, Board of Directors, Business News
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?

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Phil Gramm Takes No Blame

Jeff Madrick | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deregulation, Phil Gramm, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, Lehman, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
Jeff Madrick

Gramm's deregulationist spirit is all over this crisis.

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Republicans: Spare Me Your Newfound "Fiscal Responsibility"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan Legacy Project, Joe the Plumber, Mitch McConnell, Ronald Reagan, Ann Coulter, Employee Free Choice Act, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, John McCai, Npr, Lindsey Graham, Economic Stimulus Bill, Sarah Palin, Economic Stimulus Package, Mara Liasson, Fiscal Responsibility, Nancy Pelosi, Will Bunch, Washington Republicans, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Jean Baudrillard, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Grand Old Party, Republican Party, Politics News
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.

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

Mike Quigley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Todd Stroger, Cook County, Mike Quigley, Cook County Board, Chicago Politics, Fiscal Responsibility, Cook County Budget, Chicago News
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.

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

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Bailout, Wall Street, Limited Government, Obama Transition, Obama, Small Government, Nixon, Detroit, Fiscal Responsibility, Obama Issues, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

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

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Living Beyond Our Means

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Credit, Bailout, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
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 ...

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Adopt-A-Republican

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unequal Democracy, Gop, Solutions, Tax Relief, The Party of Job Creation, Working Pooor, Recession, Help Is on the Way, Great Depression Round Two, Obama, Help, Barack Obama, Fiscal Responsibility, Outsourcing, George Packer, Republicans, Great Depression Ii, Job Creation, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Economic Instability, Bartels, Politics News
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...

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Mordor Brightens; Obama's Challenge -- And Ours

Robert Weissman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Public Spending, Clean Energy, Economy, Barack Obama, Fiscal Responsibility, Economic Crisis, Business News
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.

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