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    Budget Topline

    March 16, 2017

    We all ought calm down about the Trump budget. Presidential budgets never, ever, get put into practice. They are simply exercises in politics. They simply give us insight into presidential goals. In Trump’s case there is nothing that we didn’t already know. He wants to slash domestic programs, especially those niggling ones that offend his […]

    Economics, Politics, Uncategorized / health care, Obamacare, Republicans, Trump, Trumpcare /

    Trumpcare Facts

    March 14, 2017

    With the devastating  report from the Congressional Budget Office now being digested by the media and voters, it’s hard to avoid talking about the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. So, in an effort to keep us focused on fact rather than fiction during our many discussions here are a few reminders: No. Obamacare […]

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    The Scorekeeper Speaks

    March 13, 2017

    The Congressional Budget Office is the latest victim of the intensity of Washington politics. The CBO is the organization we rely on to “score” legislation so that Congress and the White House know roughly what impact their policies will have on the country. As you can imagine being the CBO during times such as these […]

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