States cut their way to … increased unemployment
Around the world, we're seeing the disastrous outcomes of the passion for "austerity," basically governments cutting services and investments in the future to the bone while refusing to raise revenues by taxing the rich or corporations. They claim the ...
The coming battle over military benefits
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is sounding increasingly alarmist about cuts to the military budget. For example:
He went even further on Thursday, using arguably the strongest rhetorical weapon in his arsenal. Mandatory defense cuts, he warned, would ...
Poll: Republican Push for Deep Budget Cuts Could Alienate Independents, Swing Voters
Filed under: Republicans, Budget, Polls, Poll Watch, Independents, Deficit, Jobs, Tea Party, EconomyPushed by tea party movement adherents and conservatives to make deep budget cuts, Republicans may find themselves paying a political price because inde...
House to Vote Tuesday on Stopgap Budget to Avoid Government Shutdown
Filed under: The CapitolistRepublican-sponsored measure would keep the government open while House and Senate negotiators try to hammer out a longer-term budget for the rest of the year. It would also retroactively cut $4 billion from 2010 levels over ...
Conservative Group Crossroads GPS Launches Ad Blitz Against House Dems
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Ads, Congress, ConservativesRadio ads criticizing 12 House Democrats for their votes against a GOP bill to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year hit the airwaves this week, paid for by Crossroads ...
DOE budget cuts end Fermilab search for most coveted particle
It was one of those seemingly small stories that gets little attention but encapsulates so much of what is going wrong in this country:
U.S. researchers will soon abandon their search for the most coveted particle in high-energy physics because of a lack of funding.
Researchers working at Fermi National Accelerator...
Congressional Office Cuts: A Dog and Pony Show — Damaging to Oversight
Filed under: Congress, PD Investigations, AnalysisJohn Boehner's pledge to cut $35 million from House budgets implies that fat and waste abound. But one former staffer says previous cuts and low pay on the Hill result in inexperienced staff being overm...
Comes the budget deluge for states and cities
Chances are good that we will see more statistics indicating a slowly improving economy this week. With the exceptions of joblessness, income growth and the housing market, that's been pretty much the case since August. We can expect the leading economic indicators as calculated by the Conference Board to be mostly positive, to see an...
How Will I Govern? Who Wants to Know?
Filed under: Republicans, Humor, Chaos Theory, Conservatives, DeficitLet's talk about my little dog Checkers. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Pentagon Ordered to Cut Billions in Spending to Fund Wars
Filed under: Iraq, Economy, Budget, Obama Administration, MilitaryDefense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered the Pentagon to cut costs at the military and civilian levels in order to build a savings account of tens of billions of dollars for war operat...
Thousands in California Protest Campus Cuts, Furloughs
Filed under: Economy, Education, The Cram
Thousands of University of California students, faculty members, and employees rallied statewide Thursday to voice their concern about President Mark Yudof's and the regents' handling of the budget crisis (prior Cram coverage here).The walkout,...
