85 Percent? How Do You Figure, Mr. Ryan?

After promising his budget proposal would stick closely to the bipartisan deficit reduction commission’s recommendations, his actual blueprint looks like a work of ideological posture of his own creation.

Trojan Malpractice

Obama’s debt Commission’s plan is a Trojan Horse that would make GOP dreams of curbing corporate liability come true.

Will Pentagon Be Exempt From Budget Cuts?

With pressure to slash the 1.3 trillion-dollar federal deficit rising sharply, the public debate over whether to exempt the Pentagon from such cuts is moving rapidly toward centre-stage.

Good-for-Nothing Commission

No sane politician would vote for any of the changes the commission headed by Bowles and Simpson is recommending, unless he or she is planning to retire early.