• Americans Have Their Say in Reducing the National Debt

    Updated: 2012-04-30 20:29:31
    CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts When It Comes to Deficit Reduction , Timing Matters Americans Have Their Say in Reducing the National Debt What Will Congress Do With the Tax Extenders MacGuineas : Make Candidates Debate the Debt How Is the House Replacing the Sequester CRFB’s Simulator : A Tool for Fixing the Budget Chairman Bernanke Addresses the Fiscal Cliff MY VIEW : Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm By month April 2012 51 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 45 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 201

  • A glimmer of hope for the austerity wasteland of South Europe?

    Updated: 2012-04-30 17:42:54
    Mario Draghi's liquidity blitz is beginning to feed through into the EMU money supply. At last. This is the best news in months for Europe. As you can see from the charts below (from the ECB's new data), real M1 deposits are rising briskly again in the core. They are rising out of the depths [...]

  • The wild and wacky world of Willy Hutton

    Updated: 2012-04-30 10:58:01
    Whether the original question "Mummy, what is that man for?" was about Lord Randolph Churchill or Lord Mounbatten may never be known. But it is the appropriate question to ask about Will Hutton, he who would tell how the economy should and must be run. This weekend we were told that the Government must guarantee, [...]

  • Things worth reading: 30th April 2012

    Updated: 2012-04-30 05:58:10

  • Why it's too soon to celebrate £100m Arch cru compensation package

    Updated: 2012-04-30 01:46:49
    About 15,000 investors in CF Arch cru may hope that 2012 will prove a vintage year, now the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has launched consultation about a £100m compensation package for victims of the failed Guernsey-based funds. But it would be unwise to pop any corks just yet. Even if the compensation scheme proceeds, the [...]

  • Rep. Gohmert Addresses Map Error Made by USPS on Closing of Tyler Postal Processing Facility

    Updated: 2012-04-29 17:49:52
    Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) spoke on the House floor concerning the United States Post Office’s decision to close one of east Texas’ postal processing facilities. He addressed the map error made by the management at the USPS.

  • Why does cutting government spending mean faster growth?

    Updated: 2012-04-29 11:48:46
    Cutting government spending on things like public sector salaries, medicines, consultancy advice and other forms of what is called "government consumption" tends to make economies grow faster in the medium term.When the Coalition finally gets around to cutting such spending (it still have around 90 per cent of such cuts to implement) that might even [...]

  • PMG Donahoe: Post office closings to be spread out

    Updated: 2012-04-29 07:59:16
    Postmaster Patrick Donahoe On C-Span Newmakers The Senate passed legislation this week to preserve post office services as the agency faces financial problems.  The 37th Postmaster General, Patrick R. Donahoe, joins us this week on Newsmakers. He discusses the Senates bill, if and when it will move forward in the House and changes the agency [...]

  • Double dip recession: how much risk can investors take?

    Updated: 2012-04-28 09:00:19
    Double dip recession in Britain with fears of worse to come from euroland sent shocks through the stock market this week. Investors received another brutal reminder that the pursuit of higher rewards than bank or building society deposit returns always entails a higher degree of risk. Unfortunately, with interest rates near historic lows, many people [...]

  • First Village Post Offices in Southwest and Eastern Areas open

    Updated: 2012-04-28 07:52:11
    Five new Village Post Offices (VPOs) opened for business this month. Two of the new facilities — Sherwood and Manistee, MI — are located in Great Lakes Area. The first VPO in Southwest Area opened in Bigelow, AR. The Eastern Area also has its first VPOs in Lake City, PA, and Shauck, OH. These openings [...]

  • House Panel Approves Increase In Retirement Contributions

    Updated: 2012-04-28 07:47:05
    A House committee approved a GOP proposal on April 26 that would increase federal employees’ contributions to their pensions by 5 percent over five years, beginning in 2013. The vote was along party lines, with Republicans voting in favor of the measure and Democrats voting against it, 19-15. The legislation will be sent to the [...]

  • MacGuineas: Make Candidates Debate the Debt

    Updated: 2012-04-27 18:28:20
    : CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts MacGuineas : Make Candidates Debate the Debt How Is the House Replacing the Sequester CRFB’s Simulator : A Tool for Fixing the Budget Chairman Bernanke Addresses the Fiscal Cliff MY VIEW : Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm Comparing the House and Senate Agriculture Changes A Hypothetical Debate on Social Security CRFB Co-Chairman Bill Frenzel Calls for Debt Debate By month April 2012 48 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 45 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 201 Budget

  • Postal Service Releases Video in Armed Robberies

    Updated: 2012-04-27 09:01:40
    Armed robberies happened in Southest DC and Suitland, Md. in 2011 A postal worker was robbed at gunpoint around 5:30 p.m. Thursday — the same day that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service released surveillance video and police sketches of two separate armed robberies that happened last year. Two men with a gun robbed the man [...]

  • Homebuyers become ‘prisoners in their own property’

    Updated: 2012-04-27 06:30:02
    Falling house prices are not the only reason rising numbers of homebuyers have become “prisoners in their own property” as banks’ and building societies’ reluctance to lend after the credit crunch prevent many moving home. Most mortgages marketed in recent years are described as portable – that is, the loan can be secured to a [...]

  • Things worth reading: 27th April 2012

    Updated: 2012-04-27 04:47:25

  • APWU’s Largest Local Elects New President

    Updated: 2012-04-26 23:41:42
    Former Vice-President Jonathan Smith Ousts 3-term President Clarice Torrence Here is the press release from the United for Change Slate: Besieged Postal Workers Pick New Union President. Jonathan Smith Defeats 3-Term Incumbent. United For Change Slate Sweeps APWU NY Metro Area Election April 26, 2012 Postal clerks, motor vehicle operators, and maintenance workers in Manhattan, [...]

  • MY VIEW: Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm

    Updated: 2012-04-26 15:09:46
    : CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts MY VIEW : Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm Comparing the House and Senate Agriculture Changes A Hypothetical Debate on Social Security CRFB Co-Chairman Bill Frenzel Calls for Debt Debate The Medicare Trustees Report Line Items : Play Off Edition CRFB Breaks Down the Social Security Trustees Report Any Minute Now . By month April 2012 44 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 45 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 201 Budget Projections 128 CBO 165 CRFB Releases and Events 125

  • Things worth reading: 26th April 2012

    Updated: 2012-04-26 03:25:28

  • A Hypothetical Debate on Social Security

    Updated: 2012-04-25 17:18:39
    CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts Comparing the House and Senate Agriculture Changes A Hypothetical Debate on Social Security CRFB Co-Chairman Bill Frenzel Calls for Debt Debate The Medicare Trustees Report Line Items : Play Off Edition CRFB Breaks Down the Social Security Trustees Report Any Minute Now . A Closer Look at Food Stamps By month April 2012 43 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 45 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 201 Budget Projections 128 CBO 165 CRFB Releases and Events 125 Economic

  • Things worth reading: 25th April 2012

    Updated: 2012-04-25 07:11:00

  • FP Letters to the Editor: Pension funds’ gamble didn’t pay off

    Updated: 2012-04-25 01:23:51
    Re: “Tackle the pension crisis now,” Jack Mintz, April 19 I always enjoy Prof. Mintz’s articles, but I was disappointed that this one did not mention the root cause of the pension crisis. The objective of defined-benefit pension plans is to collect monies from employers and employees and invest such monies in order to provide ...

  • The Medicare Trustees Report

    Updated: 2012-04-24 18:37:43
    CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts CRFB Co-Chairman Bill Frenzel Calls for Debt Debate The Medicare Trustees Report Line Items : Play Off Edition CRFB Breaks Down the Social Security Trustees Report Any Minute Now . A Closer Look at Food Stamps How Would Governor Romney Pay For His Tax Cuts CBO's Economic Analysis of the President's Budget By month April 2012 41 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 45 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 201 Budget Projections 128 CBO 165 CRFB Releases and Events 125 Economic

  • Any Minute Now....

    Updated: 2012-04-23 16:30:48
    . CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts Any Minute Now . A Closer Look at Food Stamps How Would Governor Romney Pay For His Tax Cuts CBO's Economic Analysis of the President's Budget CBO Rolls Out Four New Budget Infographics No Tax Cuts Without Offsets Sen . Toomey Offers A Budget Resolution MY VIEW : Maya MacGuineas By month April 2012 37 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 45 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 201 Budget Projections 128 CBO 165 CRFB Releases and Events 125 Economic Recovery Measures 264

  • Things worth reading: 23rd April 2012

    Updated: 2012-04-23 06:16:12

  • Things worth reading: 20th April 2012

    Updated: 2012-04-20 05:38:51

  • No Tax Cuts Without Offsets

    Updated: 2012-04-18 21:41:49
    CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Donate Recent Posts No Tax Cuts Without Offsets Sen . Toomey Offers A Budget Resolution MY VIEW : Maya MacGuineas Next Stop on the National Debt Tour : Roanoke , Virginia Sen . Conrad Proposes Fiscal Commission Budget Models for Tax Reform MY VIEW : Marc Goldwein and Jason Peuquet Line Items : Tax Edition By month April 2012 32 March 2012 45 February 2012 45 January 2012 45 December 2011 34 November 2011 45 October 2011 52 September 2011 46 August 2011 52 July 2011 61 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 All Archives By Keyword Budget Process and Rules 201 Budget Projections 128 CBO 165 CRFB Releases and Events 125 Economic Recovery Measures

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