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Increasing Congressional pay is a good idea

February 12, 2013 Arthur Lieber Budget, Campaigns, Congress, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Health care, Labor and unions, Politics, Senate, Voting/Elections One comment

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,

Playing chicken with the debt ceiling: So dangerous, even Reagan wouldn’t go there

January 14, 2013 Renee Shur Budget, Consumer issues, Economy, Financial reform, Good government, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Taxes Leave a comment

$18.9 billion. That’s what the 2011 debt-limit standoff and the threatened U.S. credit default will be costing taxpayers in higher interest payments over the

Corporate pork: the secret ingredient in the fiscal-cliff recipe

January 8, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Budget, Business, Congress, Corporations, Economy, Financial reform, Politics, Senate, Taxes Leave a comment

Once upon a time, a President or Congressional leader trying to get a bill passed would use earmarks—also known as “pork”—to buy votes from

Obama sees the poor as well as the middle class

December 11, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Budget, Business, Campaigns, Charity & Justice, Children, Congress, Economy, Employment, Health care, History, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, International, Obama, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, Romney, Taxes, Youth issues Leave a comment

Shortly after assuming the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson announced his commitment to a war on poverty. That