Tag: CBO

Since the recession, the federal deficit has been topping One Trillion Dollars every year. But just three months ago the Congressional Budget Office predicted that the 2013 deficit would be around $845 billion…well that was then, this is now and the CBO is now projecting the 2013 deficit at $642…

The blathering in the right-wing echo chamber that the “stimulus” didn’t work continues to defy both logic and facts.  The logic that G is an important part of GDP (where GDP = G + I + C + NetE) continues to confuse them.  And the facts are that more people are employed…

Paul Ryan is battling Scott Walker for who can get in front a camera quicker. Unfortunately, while he is all over the news, the news has not been all over him. They have even called him “courageous”. Let’s take a look at a few people who have actually pointed out…

Woolsey to introduce ‘robust public option’ bill The bill currently has 121 co-sponsors in the House, Woolsey said, and has won strong praise from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). “I am very pleased that Congresswoman Woolsey and 120 of her colleagues in the House are introducing a bill to create a…