Articles in Category: 'spending cuts'

By: Thomas Sowell | Posted: July 26, 2011 3:55 AM

The big news, as far as the media are concerned, is the political game of debt-ceiling chicken that is being played by Democrats and Republicans in Washington.

TAGS: bills, debt-ceiling, News, Obama Administration, spending cuts, taxpayers, Columns

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What If the Spend-Happy Federal Government Were an American Family?

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: October 31, 2011 3:55 AM

If the United States government were a family, it would be making $21,700 a year, spending $38,200 and drowning in $142,710 of credit card debt.

TAGS: Bank of America, Ericka Morphy, Federal Spending, Fitch Ratings, Forbes Magazine, Merrill Lynch, Moody’s Investors Service, National Debt, News, Office of Management and Budget, spending cuts, Columns

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Use Household Economics to Solve Budget Crisis

By: Jeff Kottkamp | Posted: July 28, 2011 3:55 AM

It is a simple fact in household economics that you can’t spend more money than you make.

TAGS: Balanced Budget, entitlement programs, Federal Debt, Government Accountability Office, Heritage Foundation, Medicaid, Medicare, national defense, News, Social Security, spending cuts, tax revenue, Columns

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