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• Why is no one telling us the truth about spending cuts?

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 953
  The public needs to be told exactly what is to be done about our gaping budget deficit, says Jeff Randall.
  14 hours ago

• What Does It Mean to Be a Deficit Hawk?

  
  Economix — Authority: 683
  Can you really be a "deficit hawk" who supports deficit spending? Despite a popular narrative that presents fiscal responsibility and stimulus as mutually exclusive, the answer is probably yes.
  19 hours ago

• Matthew Yglesias Thinks "Primary Balance" Is Absolutely Acceptable

  
  Capital Gains and Games — Authority: 610
  The pizza-loving Matthew Yglesias thinks my post yesterday characterizing the phrase "primary balance" as a communications ploy is too strong and that it has real meaning I shouldnt simply dismiss. Economists and policy types may indeed recognize the concept of a primary balance (a balanced budget not including ...
  23 hours ago

• Schwarzenegger seeks bold agenda but details short – San Jose Mercury News

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 175
  MiamiHerald.com Schwarzenegger seeks bold agenda but details short San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Signaling that he will not quietly wind down duties during his final year in office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled an ambitious agenda of job creation, tax and budget reforms and ...
  1 day ago

• Governor pledges to spare education from cuts – San Francisco Chronicle

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 175
  MiamiHerald.com Governor pledges to spare education from cuts San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged to spare public schools, colleges and universities from the budget ax this year and proposed privatizing at least some of the states prisons in his final State of the State ...
  1 day ago

• Schwarzenegger Seeks Shift From Prisons to Schools – New York Times

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 175
  Reuters Schwarzenegger Seeks Shift From Prisons to Schools New York Times SACRAMENTO — With his state strapped and his legacy looming, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed on Wednesday to greatly reduce the amount of money California spends on its prisons and to funnel that sum to the states ...
  1 day ago

• Gold in Canada: Bravo Drills 12.1g/t Au Over 24.4 Metres, Expanding Homestake Silver Deposit BVG.v, GG, NEM, ABX, HUI, XAU, GDX, FCX, RGLD, AUY,

  
  Sufiy. — Authority: 129
  It is getting serious: with this kind of intersections and recent increase of the landholding at Homestake - exploration target is getting more important and deposit is shaping up with its potential high grade Gold core. Bravo Drills 12.1g/t Au Over 24.4 Metres, Expanding Homestake Silver Deposit
  1 day ago

• Schwarzenegger Asks for More Funding – Wall Street Journal

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 175
  Reuters Schwarzenegger Asks for More Funding Wall Street Journal SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- With his state facing a 12% unemployment rate and yet another budget crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California proposed a jobs-creation plan and called for federal assistance in his State of the State ...
  1 day ago

• Gold and Silver: Kootenay Drill Programs Expected to Add Significant Shareholder Value in 2010 KTN.v, SSRI, SLW, HUI, XAU, TNR.v, ASM.v, EPZ.v, NEM,

  
  Sufiy. — Authority: 129
  " Macro View on Micro Caps . Debt of the United States has surpassed Twelve Trillion a few days ago - it is time to put a few lines about destiny of US Dollar, Gold and pockets of Growth. This debt, which is so dangerously close to be a 100% of GDP is a small shadow of U.S. total ...
  1 day ago

• Writhing in the budget strait jacket

  
  xpostfactoid — Authority: 436
  I have always worried that David Brooks had a point here , back in April 08: He made a sweeping read-my-lips pledge never to raise taxes on anybody making less than $200,000 to $250,000 a year. That will make it impossible to address entitlement reform any time in an Obama presidency. It will also make it much ...
  1 day ago

• How President Obama Can Save Face on the Bush(/Obama) Tax Cuts

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 122
  It’s the start of a new year, a time when fiscal policy aficionados turn their attention to what the Administration and Congress may have in store for the next fiscal year’s federal budget.  And like a person repenting for their sins of holiday overindulgence (have you been to the gym this week?!), there are a ...
  2 days ago

• Greece vows tougher deficit cuts as EU visit looms (Reuters)

  
  enUws — Authority: 171
  Reuters – Greece said on Tuesday it would cut its double-digit budget deficit under the EU’s 3 percent of GDP … See the original post here: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Greece vows tougher deficit cuts as EU visit looms (Reuters)
  2 days ago

• December Rolling Tax Witholdings Collapse To Multi-Year Low

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 743
  The month of December was supposed to be a bright spot in the Treasurys tax withholding calendar: after all taxes used to be the way this great nation funded its coffers until the Fed and Primary Dealers came along. And with Wall Street bonuses presumably at record levels, the withholdings were expected to jump not ...
  2 days ago

• Important News - Jan. 05

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  1)  Yards face closure as orders collapse “The shipbuilding industry looks set for a rash of insolvencies as one of the sharpest-ever collapses in order levels combines with banks’ reluctance to finance ship construction to starve many yards of cash. Only 28.8m deadweight tonnes (dwt) of ships were ...
  2 days ago

• Even the sea lions are fleeing California

  
  The Mess That Greenspan Made — Authority: 643
  Its not clear what part of the California budget crisis prompted the action - higher taxes or spending cuts that have curtailed state services - but, apparently, even San Francisco sea lions have seen fit to flee the state, recently spotted in Oregon according to this report . Missing Pier 39 Sea Lions Are Found in ...
  2 days ago

• Frontrunning: January 5

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 743
  Hussman - Tim Geithner meets Vladimir Lenin ( Hussman Funds ) Oil nears $82 as commodity bubble roars back; watch the gas pump next ( Bloomberg ) Is Japan the correct analogy? ( Grey Owl Capital Management ) Global bear rally will deflate as Japan leads world in sovereign bond sales ( Telegraph ) Emerging markets ...
  2 days ago

• Deficits are bad, but the real problem is spending

  
  IEA Blog — Authority: 121
  
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• The Cost of Military Outsourcing

  
  Economist's View — Authority: 650
  Reversing the outsourcing of military services will save billions (ending the wars would save even more): Our view: Warfare, outsourced, adn.com : Congress has finally begun to reconsider the nations heavy reliance on private contractors to fight our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Measured by personnel numbers, the ...
  3 days ago

• NJ Lame Duck Session: Let them smoke pot!

  
  NJ Tax Revolution — Authority: 123
  It appears that the normal gaggle of lame duck hi jinks will be a bit curtailed this political season (from NJ.com):Although chances are dwindling for Democrats to enact laws before Republican Gov.-elect Chris Christie takes office Jan. 19, lawmakers said most of their grand plans — with the exception of medical ...
  3 days ago

• Environmentalists scale back January 4, 2010

  
  Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority: 162
  With the Legislature facing a $2.6 billion budget deficit, Washington environmentalists have a modest agenda for the upcoming session and hope to avoid further cutbacks they say have already devastated environmental protection in the state.
  3 days ago

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