…federal budget deficit of $239 billion over the 2010-2019 period. That estimate reflects a projected 10-year cost of the bill’s insurance coverage provisions of $1,042 billion, partly offset by net…

by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions Congress seems incapable of setting aside electioneering rhetoric and talking straight about taxes and deficits. The GOP claims…

…Deficit Spending Modern monetary theory has hammered this point home over decades, to the point that pretty much everyone understands it: When the U.S. Treasury deficit-spends, it’s adding assets to…

…block the cuts…. The biggest cut would be $65 billion, enacted across the board for most federal programs over the last nine months of fiscal year 2013, from January through…

…dying small towns, while the beneficiaries of the tax largesse flourish in gated communities. These tax policies will carve out huge holes in federal revenues, resulting in increased deficits that…

…about their job security, do they expect that on the other side of the current downturn, the layoffs will stop? As we hear the bad news about this year’s federal…

…well-funded Veteran’s Administration system for the health needs of former soldiers 10. Wanting to preserve Medicare and Social Security for future generations 11. Wanting to balance the Federal budget (somehow)…