The House GOP plan to offset $14.3 billion in aid for Israel by slashing the same amount of funds meant for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would add to the federal deficit, according to a new analysis.
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 1:00 pm
By: Daily Wire
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"We all have a deficit."
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 3:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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goes against legacy of Congressman Walter Jones
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Steed
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Higher spending and lower revenue intake produced a $1.1 trillion budget deficit in the first six months of fiscal year 2023, according to a report released Monday by the Congressional Budget Office.
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 8:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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The White House intends to cut the federal budget deficit by a total of $3 trillion over the next decade, a reduction that falls short of the $20 trillion in cuts required to balance the budget.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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California is projected to have a deficit after holding onto a budget surplus for the past several years.
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2022 @ 12:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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Twitter users fact-checked a White House post about the Biden administration’s purportedly hawkish fiscal behavior.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 3:00 am
By: Daily Wire
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Jared Bernstein, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Joe Biden, on Monday claimed that the White House has successfully led the charge against inflation and cut the budget deficit.
Published: Friday, September 23rd, 2022 @ 8:30 am
By: Daily Wire
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If you haven't noticed, the current Federal government has managed to confine you in an almost escape proof box.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 @ 12:07 am
By: John W. LaCava
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It will also more than DOUBLE the IRS staff to sic auditors on middle class
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 @ 7:01 pm
By: John Steed
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Deficit with Russia for 28 years
Published: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 @ 8:02 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Willis Krumholz argues in a Federalist column that huge federal deficits “kill blue-collar America.” The federal government’s response to COVID-19 hasn’t helped.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In late March, I wrote about how North Carolina state government is likely better financially prepared than most states for the coronavirus shutdown, and certainly more prepared than it was prior to the Great Recession.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 8:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Federal government spent a record amount of money in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 — last October through December — and chalked up a record spending deficit, leaving American taxpayers on the hook for more goods and services than ever before.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 10:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The New York Post reports this week that the state of New York is facing a massive budget hole of roughly $6 billion.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2020 @ 9:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When is it acceptable for a Republican president to openly brag about liking taxes?
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a simple equation that every first-semester student in macroeconomics learns. It is the equation for measuring gross domestic product or GDP. GDP is used to measure the size of state and national economies
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2018 @ 7:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the federal government's deficit and debt grow, it seems families and state governments have become better savers during the current recovery
Published: Monday, September 3rd, 2018 @ 8:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Right after the 2016 elections, I observed that the combination of Donald Trump’s rise and continuing GOP strength across the landscape of American politics had yielded three distinct Republican parties: a populist and personality-driven White House party
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The draft budget completely demolishes any notion of fiscal responsibility. The budget amounts to $4.4 trillion. It's an Obama-level budget. And it guarantees a deficit of $832 billion in 2018, $984 billion in 2019, $987 billion in 2020, $916 billion in 2021, $908 billion in 2022, and $778 billion
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 1:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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Fiscal conservatives continue to haunt the darkened hallways of American politics, every so often materializing to shout "BOO!" at the party in power, only to recede into the shadows as soon as they are called upon to actually govern
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2018 @ 9:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) continued his fight against wasteful government spending and voted against H. Con. Res. 71, legislation establishing the congressional budget for fiscal year 2018
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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“Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the National Debt”. Herbert Hoover
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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One of the great myths bought into by much of the general public, politicians, and media pundits is that trade deficits are bad for the economy
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Congressmen Walter B. Jones (R-NC) voted against S. Con. Res. 3, the largest budget ever passed in United States history
Published: Monday, January 16th, 2017 @ 1:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Politicians make promises. It's what they do. Candidates often promise bold and grandiose actions to get your vote and win their elections. Some sound appealing, but are they realistic and attainable?
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2016 @ 7:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The cliché is that conservatives are stuck in the past, but the truth is that our ideas provide the best way to move into an increasingly turbulent future.
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2015 @ 3:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The federal government spends more money each year than it collects in taxes and other revenue. That means annual spending deficits. Each deficit drives up the federal debt. Nick Dranias, president and executive director of the Compact for America Educational Foundation, has an interesting idea...
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 10:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The United States economy expanded at .2% for the first quarter, 2015, which is better than zero expansion in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), which is better than negative expansion, but not an economy that anyone should be proud of; certainly not the Obama Administration.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2015 @ 1:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Will North Carolina ever reform Medicaid? After more than two years, we aren't much closer to reform solutions today than we were a year ago.
Published: Monday, December 8th, 2014 @ 2:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In response to four years of massive federal deficits, tax cuts scheduled to expire this month, and lackluster economic growth.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 6:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Congressional Super Committee, consisting of six Democrats, six Republicans from both the United States house and Senate is on the brink of failure.
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2011 @ 5:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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