The White House's Careless Language on Entitlements
Posted: 8/8/2011 3:46:00 PM
The Obama administration could use a little of the Clinton administration's lawyerly phrase-making.
The other day White House spokesman Jay Carney called for better budget policy, proclaimi…
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Five Observations About the Debt Deal
Posted: 8/1/2011 11:25:00 AM
If the debt deal passes:
1. The debt ceiling deal saves the country and the Obama administration from an immediate economic crisis.
2. The immediate provisions…
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Three Reasons Default is Possible
Posted: 6/13/2011 1:14:00 PM
Debt Ceiling: Complete Coverage
As I write this comment I am in Paris, where I have spent most of the past year on sabbatical. A few weeks ago, checking off tourism boxes, I went to th…
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Obama's Moderate Budget Has Potential
Posted: 4/13/2011 5:59:00 PM
President Obama's speech at George Washington University on Wednesday helped reassure that budget politics will neither be entirely political nor mindlessly focused on the deficit to the exclusion…
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Is the Obama White House Serious About Policy?
Posted: 4/12/2011 5:39:00 PM
The Hill reports that the Obama White House is divided over what position to take on the budget. As John Amato, author of the blog Crooks and Liars, phrases it; the division is between “economic”…
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