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.
It’s simply not time to hit the panic button.
Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly from a budget proposal where Obama is letting the 1 percent off rather easy, while the rest of us, especially the poor, shoulder the pain.
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A study commissioned by the largest defense industry trade association says that military spending creates jobs. The facts, however, indicate otherwise.
While the Supercommitee appears ready for failure, new report lays out reforms worth $824 billion per year – seven times the supercommittee’s mandate.
The Postal Service is actually making a profit.
The gap between federal spending on military as opposed to climate security has narrowed but compared to China our progress is meager.