9 Changes to the Constitution – How Would You Change It?
WEBJul 3, 2013 · Advertisement. We last amended the Constitution a generation ago. So much has changed since then. The viral-like spread of the Internet was two years away. Pagers were still gaining in popularity ...
Liz Peek - The Fiscal Times
WEBLiz Peek spent over 20 years on Wall Street, primarily as a top-ranked research analyst specializing in oilfield companies. She was one of the first women to become a partner of a Wall Street firm ...
Why Republicans, Democrats Think Differently About Taxes
WEBAug 18, 2020 · For example, the majority of respondents say they think people who work hard should pay lower taxes. Surprisingly, they also agree that middle-class tax cuts help shrink the federal deficit. While ...
A Quick Guide to ‘Bidenomics’ - The Fiscal Times
WEBApr 8, 2021 · A Quick Guide to ‘Bidenomics’. President Joe Biden is proposing an array of policies that mark a dramatic shift away from decades of conventional wisdom about economics and politics in the U.S ...
Bill Clinton’s Surplus Miracle, 20 Years Later | The Fiscal Times
WEBJun 22, 2018 · Beside him, a large chart showed a $150 billion surplus projected through 2003. In retrospect, this forecast looks laughable. We were running deficits again by 2002. Twenty years later, the ...
Minimum Wage and What It Buys You: 1950s to Now
WEBApr 4, 2012 · Often looked to as a model era, the 1950s may have been nearly as picture-perfect as Leave it to Beaver seemed to suggest―minimum wage workers could pay rent for a month for less than a week and ...
Watergate and the Abuse of Power: A Lesson Unlearned
WEBAug 7, 2014 · Saturday will mark 40 years since the only presidential resignation in US history, when Richard Nixon stepped down rather than face impeachment for his role in Watergate and other abuses of power ...
Trump's Legacy: $7.8 Trillion Rise in Debt | The Fiscal Times
WEBJan 15, 2021 · Why Biden’s Ambitious Covid Relief Plan Could Get Cut in Half President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to "rescue" the American economy proposes $1.9 trillion in federal spending to fund a national ...
The Pentagon’s $35 Trillion Accounting Black Hole
WEBJan 23, 2020 · According to Bloomberg’s Anthony Carpaccio, the Department of Defense made $35 trillion in “accounting adjustments” in 2019, easily surpassing the $30.7 trillion in such adjustments recorded ...
Civil War at 150: Debt Lessons from Lincoln | The Fiscal Times
WEBApr 12, 2011 · Cost as a percentage of GDP in peak year: 11.3 percent (1865) Total debt at the start of the Civil War: $64.8 million (about $1.296 billion in todayÕs dollars) Total debt at the start of the ...