Since the Super Committee Failed, Now The Rest Of Us Can Succeed
The Super Committee’s failure to produce a deal gives us all breathing room to construct a successful path forward for America.
Occupy the Budget
How to pay for the crisis while making our nation more equitable, green, and secure.
Nuclear Turkeys
The Pentagon has too much hardware once thought necessary to defeat the Soviet Union.
Foreign Influence: Inappropriate for Lawmakers Tasked with Shrinking the Deficit
The supercommittee’s members shouldn’t accept campaign contributions from lobbyists representing foreign governments or companies.
Equal Taxation for Wealth and Work
Windfalls from gambling in the Wall Street casino should be taxed at the same rate as wages.
Lobbying the Supercommittee
No moneybags, no service.
Defending Bloated Military Spending
The Pentagon is scrambling to protect its flank in these budget-cutting times.
How to Achieve Transparency for the Supercommittee
Every campaign contribution to members of this powerful panel should be reported every single day.
Military Spending Belongs on the Table
The supercommittee seems unlikely to make substantial military cuts and instead quite likely to cut spending for the other agencies under the “security spending” umbrella, even though the Pentagon gets the lion’s share of that category’s funding.
America’s Government Contracting Bonanza Bilks Taxpayers
On average, Uncle Sam spends nearly twice as much when the government outsources a job as it would if it just hired another “expensive” federal worker.
How to Make the Super Congress Open and Accountable
The last thing we need is an all-powerful congressional committee allowed to make crucial spending decisions without the scrutiny of an engaged citizenry and press.