Making the City’s Budget a Local Affair
Residents are providing new ways to make local budgeting more open and democratic.
The Budget Deal: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
As Congressional dysfunction seemed to be barreling us toward a government shutdown, comes the news of an 11th-hour deal, announced Monday at midnight.
Making Windmills out of Warplanes
The federal government needs to cut military spending to free up the money needed to meet the climate challenge.
COMBAT VS. CLIMATE: The Military and Climate Security Budgets Compared
A new report connects U.S. military engagement and the threat of climate change.
Anti-American Budget Cuts
You know things are bad when the Summer White House can’t afford to stay open on the Fourth of July.
New Report: Corporate Pirates of the Caribbean
A new report looks at pro-austerity CEOs who seek to widen tax haven loopholes.
First Step to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff: Close Offshore Tax Loopholes
Offshore tax dodging costs United States $150 billion annually — groups illustrate impact with 16 dramatic ways lost revenue could be used.
New IPS Proposal Would Scrap Most of the Deficit
Without trimming the safety net, an Institute for Policy Studies framework would shrink the federal budget deficit by $881 billion per year while making the United States more equitable, green, and secure.
We’re Not Broke
This commonsense guide to avoiding the fiscal swindle would nearly eliminate the budget deficit while making the United States more equitable, green, and secure.
Dodging the Fiscal Swindle
With a little creativity, we can easily balance the budget without cutting Social Security.
Highway Robbery
Your Social Security or the fiscal cliff?
New Report: CEOs Pushing Social Security Cuts are Sitting on Massive Retirement Funds While Underfunding Worker Pensions
A new report by IPS shows that “Fix the Debt” CEOs hold an average of $9 million each to put toward retirement, but are running deficits in pension funds for their own employees.
Whose Federal Budget Is It, Anyway?
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10 Filthy-Rich, Tax-Dodging Hypocrites Pushing Disastrous Austerity on America
The Fix the Debt coalition is using the so-called “fiscal cliff” to push the same old corporate agenda of more tax breaks while shifting the burden on to the rest of us.
Paul Ryan’s 2013 Budget Slashes Social Safety Net, Gives Tax Breaks to the Rich
Paul Ryan’s 2013 budget shows not only that the GOP is wildly out of touch with average Americans, but that they lack the ability to lead us anywhere but off a cliff.