Common Sense On Budgets

Amid the blizzard of statistics, trillion-dollar deficits, howls about impending bankruptcy, and Republican stupocrisy that surround the budget, it is worth repeating a little common sense.

Common Sense on Budgets

By Robert Borosage

February 2, 2010

Amid the blizzard of statistics, trillion-dollar deficits, howls about impending bankruptcy, and Republican stupocrisy that surround the budget, it is worth repeating a little common sense.

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Progressive Breakfast: No Budget Love

By Bill Scher

February 2, 2010

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.

Split Reaction From Dems. Scorn From GOPers. Another Day in Washington.

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2011 Federal Budget: Timidity Instead Of Transformation

By Isaiah J. Poole

February 1, 2010

For a short period on NYTimes.com today, there was a compelling juxtaposition of stories: In one column, President Obama proposes a budget that "pivots to trim future deficits." Next to that story is a photo of firefighters in New York City fighting a blaze in which five apartme more »