Tag Archives: Economic Policy
The Republican Pledge: A Plan To Create Jobs?
The Republican Party this week issued its Pledge To America. The sub-title suggests that it is somehow a new governing agenda built on the priorities, principles, and values of our nation. It is neither new, nor founded on anything like … Continue reading
On Extending the Bush Tax Cuts
The politics of tax cuts is not as daunting as it may seem for the Obama administration. Tea party activists, along with conservative Republicans, are doubling down for the mid-term Congressional elections on the issues of federal spending and taxes. … Continue reading
Steering to the Tax Cut Center
Well here we are looking at the prospects of a 1994 replay wherein the Democrats lose one or even both houses of Congress. Could it happen? Maybe. Smart money says the House of Representatives is more vulnerable than the Senate … Continue reading
Market Crash – Did Wall Street Blink?
When the Dow Jones Industrial Industrial Average plunged almost a thousand points within a period of 15 minutes on Thursday, May 6, 2010, the credibility of Wall Street should have come into question. Should have because to this point there … Continue reading
Deficits Not The Problem – They Are The Solution!
Deficits have in the modern era been the only effective tool the federal government has had in its arsenal to fight recessions, and especially serious declines such as during the Great Depression. So are federal deficits the problem today, or … Continue reading
Helping Americans With Credit Card Debt
Let’s concede up front that the Congress often doesn’t get it right. All the political back and forth, and the back room deals, too often result in sub-optimal policy solutions, and imperfect lawmaking. Today, though, I’d like to highlight the … Continue reading