Topic: National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

Stop me if you've heard this before.Popular personal itemized deductions, including the mortgage interest tax break and write offs for charitable...

Unhappy New Fiscal Year

Get your party hats and noisemakers—the ball drops at midnight to usher in a new fiscal year for the federal government.. . The good news is the...
You thought members of Congress were just screwing around on their August recess district work session recess, didn't you? It's a common...
I got an intriguing call last week from a real estate agent wanting to know if we wanted to sell our house. Homes in our neighborhood have sold...

Bernanke Backtracks

After pushing for fiscal aid late last year while also acknowledging the low levels of inflation, it looked like Ben Bernanke was beginning to...
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Senator Rand Paul is on the tape promising to unveil a budget with $500 billion in expense cuts in one year, and that he will not spare any...

Americans Support Helping The Unemployed

Americans support extending unemployment benefits, which is among the most expensive of the compromises made between President Obama and the...
When the Federal government begins its withdrawal from the economy, the implications will be large and the ramifications likely painful.. . We saw...
Illinois Democrat Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who is a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, on Tuesday offered up her ...