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By | 09/19/2012 | Budget, Congressional, Economy, Headline, Issues, Legislation, Legislators, Taxes | 11 Comments

What is the Fiscal Cliff? The Fiscal cliff is a series of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that are the result of the Budget Control Act of 2011.

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By | 08/09/2012 | Economy, Headline, Issues, Taxes | 9 Comments

Here are seven creative policy solutions to the national debt crisis facing America today.

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By | 08/09/2012 | Featured, Issues, Taxes | 1 Comment

Over just three years since the following infographic was first made, citing 2009 data on the US national debt, Washington has already run the figure up by trillions more, putting.

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By | 08/08/2012 | Budget, Headline, Issues, Legislation, Legislators, Taxes, War and Foreign Policy

Sequestration, the automatic budget cuts required by the Budget Control Act, will make only a modest cut to the defense budget.

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By | 07/11/2012 | Budget, California, Featured, Headline, Issues, Pensions, States

The two major California public pension funds have a combined unfunded liability of about $72 billion, yet Gov. Brown just postponed pension reform.

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By | 06/18/2012 | Budget, California, Elections 2012, Issues, State Office, States, Taxes | 1 Comment

The California budget is 5.6% larger this year, no doubt surprising Californians who assumed budget cuts would mean a smaller budget

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By | 05/12/2012 | Budget, Infrastructure, Issues, Safety, States, Taxes

My four years on my city council were defined by my budget battles with a public sector union.

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