WASHINGTON — If you’ve wondered why it’s so hard to subdue budget deficits, you should consult a new study from the Congressional Budget Office called “Reducing the Defi...
There seems to be an epidemic of under-sleeping these days. This year alone, seven air traffic controllers have been caught sleeping on duty. In two well-publicized case...
Despite sharply partisan reactions, President Barack Obama’s deficit plan might actually bring closer the compromise necessary to deal with the problem.
That’s true, eve...
If you wanted to leave your job and your boss asked if you could stick around until your replacement was chosen, how long would you be willing to wait? A week? A month? ...
As public employee unions have come under growing pressure from financially strapped states, their defenders have often claimed the unions are being scapegoated for some...
With Congress finally approving a budget for a fiscal year that is already half over, it’s time to focus on the far more serious problem of the $14 trillion national deb...
Taxpayers finally finished filing their 1040s — as well as anyone following the spending and deficit debate in Washington — may be asking where exactly their tax dollars...
WASHINGTON — The most serious charge against Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget is not the risible claim, made most prominently by President Obama in his George Washington Universi...
NEW YORK — President Obama made one of the most important speeches of his presidency on Wednesday. It was an eloquent defense of his basic approach to government and out...
Here’s one of Washington’s rich ironies: Many of us might see divided government as a recipe for stalemate, but it’s actually wonderful for reducing the deficit.
Just lo...
