GOVERNMENT

Barack Obama: ‘We Don’t Have a Spending Problem’

January 7, 2013 0

The media portrayal of the fiscal cliff standoff (and the debt-ceiling talks from which it sprang) generally portrayed President Barack Obama and the Democrats as pragmatists attempting to negotiate with intransigent Republican ideologues. But as […]

GOVERNMENT

What is the Fiscal Cliff?

December 26, 2012 0

The Fiscal Cliff Explained “Fiscal cliff” is the popular shorthand term used to describe the conundrum that the U.S. government will face at the end of 2012, when the terms of the Budget Control Act […]

GOVERNMENT

Over the Fiscal Cliff: How Hard a Landing?

December 26, 2012 0

WASHINGTON — Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end “fiscal cliff” were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. “God only knows” how a deal can be reached now, […]

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