krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 30 days ago
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If I were a politician, I'd focus on providing real improvements in peoples' lives, rather than seeking deficit reductions the public won't even hear about.
Obama's Secret Plan For Deficit Reduction: Talk A Lot, Dr. Doolittle
dailybail.com 21 days ago —
Obama yesterday finally unveiled what he, Geithner, Summers, Romer and Goolsbee have been promising for months would be "a substantial program of deficit reduction." Say hello to Dr. Dolittle, now serving as your President.
But first, here's what Senator Bank's Obama said about ...
The Deficit Makes a Triumphant Return
capitalgainsandgames.com 6/2/2009 — Here's my column from today's Roll Call .
It’s Time to Start Talking About the Budget Deficit
Note that the headline says “talking” rather than “doing” something about the federal budget deficit.
This is a critical difference. It’s still not ...
A Sickening Deficit
forbes.com 10/19/2009 — A key driver behind the president's health care agenda is to, "help bring our deficits under control in the long term," and yet the latest health care bill will reach annual savings of only $18 billion by the end of the decade. Before deficit hawks ...
2009 Deficit Is A Triumph Of Fiscal Policy
capitalgainsandgames.com 10/23/2009 — My column from today's Roll Call has already generated "a few" comments. All responses welcome.
2009 Deficit Is a Triumph of Fiscal Policy Oct. 20, 2009 Despite the headlines and the page-one, right-hand column, above-the-fold stories in the ...
Trade Deficit Increases in July
calculatedriskblog.com 9/10/2009 — The Census Bureau reports : The ... total July exports of $127.6 billion and imports of $159.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $32.0 billion, up from $27.5 billion in June, revised. Click on graph for larger image. The first ...
Your Deficit Feathers At Work
hf-implode.com 9/30/2009 — " Government finances are in a parlous state. The 12-month running budget deficit has grown to an astonishing 1.5 trillion dollars, a number so large in the normal context of "money" that it makes dollar signs entirely meaningless. We might as well call them chicken feathers dropping from madly ...
Video: Federal Deficit Triples Last Year's Record, Hits All-Time High
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 10/17/2009 — The federal budget deficit for the budget year ended September 30th surged to an all-time high of 1.42 trillion dollars, more than tripling last year's deficit. Over the next decade the deficit is now expected to exceed 9 trillion.
Obama to raise 10-year deficit to $9 trillion
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reuters.com 8/23/2009 — Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will raise its 10-year budget deficit projection to approximately $9 trillion from $7.108 trillion in a report next week, a senior administration official told Reuters on Friday. The higher ...
U.S. Deficit for 2009 Totals $1.4 Trillion, Budget Office Says
bloomberg.com 10/8/2009 — Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government ended its 2009 fiscal year with a deficit of $1.4 trillion, the biggest since 1945, the Congressional Budget Office reported. The deficit amounted to 9.9 percent of the nation’s economy, triple the size of ...
Government Deficit Expands To $176 Billion In October
247wallst.com 22 days ago — According the monthly Treasury report released this afternoon, the Federal Government posted a $176.4 billion deficit in the month of October. Total Government receipts came in at $135 billion. Of that $61.2 billion was attributable to personal ...
Arizona's budget: Stumped —
The Economist: Full print edition 30 days ago
An intra-Republican row EARLIER this year Republicans seemed to be in the ascendant in Arizona, the state of Barry Goldwater, even as they struggled in much of the country. Not only had they retained control in both houses of the state legislature, ...
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