The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released statistics on eleven cities where workers are disappearing. Note that workers disappearing is different from jobs
Category: Budget
If you’re going to tax internet sales, make it a federal tax
The U.S. Senate recently passed an online sales tax bill. At this point it is not certain whether it will become law, because there
Raising Social Security’s minimum age is bad economics
Among the ideas that have been floated for reducing the Social Security budget is to raise the eligibility age to receive benefits. It is
Missouri Medicaid: A state budgeting failure
As a constituent concerned about the state legislature’s decision to expand Medicaid to cover more Missourians, I wrote to my local lawmakers. They were
Bracketology and Public Policy
Don’t expect to learn a lot about how President Obama governs the country from how he fills out his NCAA men’s basketball tournament selections.
32 dumbest, most devastating sequester cuts
The 2013 budget sequester is like a houseguest that we sort of semi-invited a couple of years ago, who then took us up on
It’s time to take responsibility for the Iraq War and its moral/financial consequences
Two recent pieces in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch helped me make some connections about why Republicans can’t stand to talk about how the unnecessary
Lakoff: Why extreme conservatives like the sequester
With just a few days to go before mindless spending cuts take effect under the ill-advised “sequester” plan, it’s popular, among media commentators, to
Increasing Congressional pay is a good idea
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is resigning his seat in order to become head of the Heritage Foundation. Though he didn’t say so,
Putting a special stamp on the State of the Union
There are certain thoughts that are de rigueur in every State of the Union Address. Honor is paid to our men and women in