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Economics, Politics / Federal Budget, tax cuts /

Bush’s Bogus Budget and Tax Cuts

February 6, 2006

President Bush has now submitted his annual budget proposal to Congress. As usual it is full of rhetoric rather than economic analysis; and, also as usual, it doesn’t mean much. All Presidents present budgets and all Congresses alter them out of sight. This is even when the President is in the same party in control […]

Economics, Politics / consumption, deficits, Federal Budget, plutocracy, tax cuts /

The Budget Stupid

February 2, 2006

Many of you are various states of disbelief or anger about the state of the union [as opposed to The State of the Union speech which was also a source of angst!]. So I thought I should give a few comments about where we actually are, as compared to where Bush says we are. So […]

Economics, Politics / plutocracy /

Budget Cuts Hit the Poor

February 2, 2006

What a surprise! Congress has now passed a package of budget cuts which it claims will help rein in domestic spending. Naturally it has all sorts of implications for the most needy members of our society. All of those implications are bad. Here though is a different take on the legislation. Because the bill includes […]

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