Tag / budget
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Red Tape Blues: The Need For More Bureaucratic Independence
We often use ‘bureaucracy’ as a dirty word. Everyone has a horror story about waiting in line for hours at the DMV or spending ages trying to file their taxes correctly. Dealing with red tape has become part of Americans’ day-to-day life. [su_pullquote align=”right”]The legislative branch makes policy, but bureaucracy is how policy actually happens.[/su_pullquote]Since most…
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A Modest Proposal Circa 2013
BY ADAM FLORES It is quite sobering to walk the streets of this city, or any city in this magnificent country and to encounter the numerous dispirited people who call the subway station, the dilapidated apartment, or even the corner outside of a coffeehouse, home. These people find themselves in their situation for a variety…
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In Defense of Defense
As Thanksgiving approaches, the minds of Americans turn to thoughts of turkey, family, football, and the crippling national debt. While Europe continues to have its goose cooked, a secretive congressional “super-committee” (composed chiefly of super-partisans) is supposedly scurrying to complete a budget deficit plan before a Thanksgiving deadline. If they do not reach a consensus…
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Osamanomics
Bin Laden sought to wage an economic war by “bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy.” From this perspective, bin Laden has dealt a devastating blow to the United States.
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Shut Down Watch: 1 Day Out
Per the WaPo: “Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday morning that the talks on a fiscal 2011 budget deal foundered over two Republican policy provisions on abortion and the environment and that the negotiators largely agreed to an amount of spending cuts. But House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) disputed that, saying…
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Germany Stays Nuclear
The German government announced Monday that it will continue operating 17 nuclear power plants that were due to be shut down. In 2002, the Reichstag passed a law phasing out the use of nuclear plants by 2022 to clear the way for renewable energy technology. However, with nuclear power accounting for 22.6% of Germany’s net…
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The Danger of Deficit
Against the grim backdrop of American families trimming expenses and consumers delaying spending, the White House has released the budget for 2011. The plan features no surprises in its allocations—$1.48 trillion for national defense and social security—but in keeping with the Obama administration’s goal to stimulate economic growth, the 2011 proposal did come to a…
