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Nov 10 2014
News
Obamacare Enrollment Forecast for 2015 Plummets
The administration on Monday dramatically cut expectations for 2015 Obamacare enrollment, saying between 9 million and 9.9 million people will enroll in private health plans, compared with a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecast of 13 million. An Obama administration report, released just before the start of 2015 open enrollment on Saturday, also reduced the official count of 2014
Newsmax (News)Jul 21 2019
News
The pros and cons of a $15 minimum wage
A Congressional Budget Office analysis released last week "makes clear that the benefits of a $15-an-hour minimum wage would heavily outweigh the downside," said Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times. The agency found that as many as 1.3 million people could be lifted out of poverty if the federal minimum wage rose from $7.25 in stages over five years, boosting the wages of 27 million
The Week - NewsMar 25 2023
Perspectives Blog
Why We Disagree on “Truth” in 2023 and How We Can Change That
Jessica Carpenter is the Chief Marketing Officer at BridgeUSA (Mixed). She has a Center bias.
In 2023, it’s not enough to just politicize ideas, people and identities. No, the newest frontier that politicization has seeped into is, in my opinion, far scarier, and it serves as the foundation from which all else is decided: the truth.
On March 16, the Atlantic released a new
Jessica CarpenterApr 11 2018
News
Bernie: Hell Yes, We Need to Repeal and Replace the GOP Law With Higher Taxes
Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called Monday for the Republican tax law to be repealed after the Congressional Budget Office projected that the deficit will hit $1 trillion in 2020. The CBO projected that the budget deficit will rise to $804 billion for 2018 before hitting the $1 trillion mark in 2020 — two years earlier than anticipated. The national debt is also expected to hit $33 trillion
TownhallMar 10 2023
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Media Spins Estimates on Biden Budget Proposal
It didn't take long for President Joe Biden's 2024 $6.8 trillion federal government budget proposal to spark misinformation.
Because of opposition in Congress, the plan has very little chance of becoming law. But that didn't stop media outlets and politicians from spreading misleading claims on what the plan will and won't do.
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Misleading Claims from News Sources Isaiah AnthonyMar 05 2013
News
Tax Revenues Projected to Hit All-Time High in 2013
The Congressional Budget Office anticipates that federal tax receipts will hit an all-time high of $2.7 trillion this fiscal year, yet the annual deficit will still clock in between $800 and $900 billion. We have a spending problem:
An impasse over the shape of the federal budget keeps boiling down to this basic plotline: Democrats say the solution to high deficits must include more
TownhallFeb 10 2014
News
The GOP Thinks Obamacare Is Making You Lazy
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) on Sunday suggested that Obamacare is making people lazy, shifting away from a now-discredited GOP talking point on a recent nonpartisan jobs report update on the health care law.
Republicans and several media outlets were pilloried last week for misinterpreting an Obamacare report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO found that people who
HuffPostFeb 05 2014
News
Budget office chief: ObamaCare creates ‘disincentive’ to work
The head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office delivered a damning assessment Wednesday of the Affordable Care Act, telling lawmakers that ObamaCare creates a "disincentive for people to work," adding fuel to Republican arguments that the law will hurt the economy.
The testimony from CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf comes after his office released a highly controversial report
Fox News (Online News)Dec 13 2021
Opinion
Byron York's Daily Memo: The true cost of Biden's agenda
THE TRUE COST OF BIDEN'S AGENDA. President Joe Biden and Capitol Hill Democrats are racing to pass their massive social spending bill, known as Build Back Better, before Christmas. Maybe they'll succeed, and maybe they won't — a lot depends on whether Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin hops on board. But no one should have any illusions about what BBB, the final piece in the Democrats' COVID-year
Washington ExaminerApr 11 2020
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United States federal budget
The United States federal budget comprises the spending and revenues of the U.S. federal government. The budget is the financial representation of the priorities of the government, reflecting historical debates and competing economic philosophies. The government primarily spends on healthcare, retirement, and defense programs. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office provides extensive
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