Articles About Deficit Reduction
- Author:
- John Driscoll
- Posted:
- 01.04.2013
Republicans Vote to Raise Income Taxes for First Time in a Generation
Like a good 30’s serial, Congress seems to enjoy brinkmanship and 11th hour rescues. And it was historic. For the first time in 20 years, Republicans voted to raise income taxes (the last time was when George H.W. Bush broke his “read my lips, no new taxes” pledge). The Senate’s “fiscal cliff” bill passed 257-167. […]
- Author:
- John Driscoll
- Posted:
Right Up to the Cliff
Like a good 30’s serial, Congress seems to enjoy brinkmanship and 11th hour rescues. And it was historic. For the first time in 20 years, Republicans voted to raise income taxes (the last time was when George H.W. Bush broke his “read my lips, no new taxes” pledge). The Senate’s “fiscal cliff” bill passed 257-167. […]
- Author:
- Richard Gatto
- Posted:
- 07.23.2012
The New Nostradamus: The IMF, the US and the Fiscal Cliffhanger
The French soothsayer, Michel de Nostredame or Nostradamus, became something of a celebrity starting in the 1550s because of his prophecies in all he made 6,338 predictions in a series of almanacs — everything from plagues to invasions to the end of the world. People still raise his name today when they speak about impending […]