Did this year’s Social Security tax cut produce enough bang for its $110 billion bucks to justify an extension? Get ready for another fight.
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How The Federal Budget Will Finally Get Fixed
The supercommittee failed to cut the federal deficit, but it succeeded in showing us how the budget will be fixed in the future.
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Death Is Still Certain; Taxes Not So Much
With half the country on the federal benefit rolls and half paying taxes to pay for it, rational spending choices are impossible.
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Corzine Gets Into Another Wreck
Jon Corzine’s unshakeable belief in himself gets him into another accident. Hubris, not Europe, brought down MF Global Holdings.
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Reality Takes Down The CLASS Act
A Washington tradition lives on: burying bad news, in this case the government’s new long term care program, on a Friday afternoon.
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Envisioning A Romney-Perry Ticket
After Romney and Perry duke it out, can they reconcile and make a potential GOP ticket?
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A Not-That-Special Election
Despite much hoopla, a Republican upset in New York neither changed the balance of power nor told us anything we did not already know.
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Power Failure: Barney Frank Calls It Quits
Congress isn’t as much fun without the gavel, so Barney Frank is moving on.
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