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DOW and S&P Index: With Daily Records, is the U.S. Overdue For a Correction?

DOW and S&P Index: With Daily Records, is the U.S. Overdue For a Correction?

John Mathew in Government Spending 6 days ago

Recent news has indicated that the Federal Reserve are aiming to decrease the money supply in response to positive economic growth. Will this policy create a stock bubble?

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Treasury Bonds: Is There a Growing Bubble?

Treasury Bonds: Is There a Growing Bubble?

Rick Mathews in Government Spending 3 weeks ago

What is the bubble economists keep talking about? Why is it important? How will it affect me?

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Austerity Will Cost the U.S. 3 Million Jobs By 2020

Austerity Will Cost the U.S. 3 Million Jobs By 2020

Chad Kolinsky in Government Spending 1 month ago

The American Society of Civil Engineers found that, without investing an additional $157 billion per year in infrastructure, the U.S. could lose jobs and trillions of dollars in GDP by 2020.

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Chained CPI Would Reduce the Growth Of Future Social Security Benefits

Chained CPI Would Reduce the Growth Of Future Social Security Benefits

Nick Troiano in Government Spending 1 month ago

In order to keep Social Security solvent for millennials, we need generationally balanced reforms of the program – including Chained CPI.

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Thought the Sequester Was Gone? Think Again

Thought the Sequester Was Gone? Think Again

Brandon Fallon in Government Spending 2 months ago

Even though the sequester has been in effect for a month, it will have much longer lasting effects on the following annual budgets and beyond.

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Budget 2013: What If the Federal Budget Reflected Public Opinion?

Budget 2013: What If the Federal Budget Reflected Public Opinion?

Michael De Los Santos in Government Spending 2 months ago

Congress is closer than ever to passing a budget for the first time in Obama's presidency. But what would happen if their proposal actually reflected what Americans think should happen?

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The Simple Reason We Need to Reform Social Security

The Simple Reason We Need to Reform Social Security

Drew Mendelson in Government Spending 2 months ago

As we become a nation more and more polarized into haves and have-nots, guaranteed retirement benefits like Social Security are critical ... just not the ones we have now.

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Sequestration 2013: Big Spending Cuts Coincide With Skyrocketing D.C. Incomes

Sequestration 2013: Big Spending Cuts Coincide With Skyrocketing D.C. Incomes

R.P. Thead in Government Spending 2 months ago

Between 2000-2010, the richest counties in the Washington, D.C., region grew at twice the rate as the rest of the country. What gives?

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