1. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, November 17 – 30, 2012
(Matching tags: debt, jobs, retirement, labor market, paid family leave, environment, wages, deficit)

... Farrell Center for Economic Policy and Research More Good Jobs Shawn Fremstad Debt, Deficits, and Demographics: Why We Can Afford the Social Contract Dean Baker Demos State Guaranteed Retirement ...

2. USA Today Says It's Time to Tax Wall Street
(Matching tags: economy, budget, deficit, FTT, financial speculation tax)

The financial transaction tax has truly gone mainstream, with the nation's widest-circulation print newspaper, USA Today, endorsing it as a way to tamp down on dangerous high-speed trading. Their editorial, ...

3. Wall Street Tax Eclipses Other Deficit Reduction Options
(Matching tags: Wall Street, budget, deficit, financial transaction tax)

... can see, the Joint Committee on Taxation’s estimate of $352 billion over 9 years from the FTT swamps the other options. This is not to say that the FTT is the end-all solution to budget deficits.  ...

4. Austerity, the Path to Prosperity?
(Matching tags: economy, unemployment, spending, stimulus, austerity, budget, deficit)

... is “…prosperity, not austerity.” This is an interesting point for Ryan to make since austerity – deficit reduction via decreased government spending --  is exactly what the House budget calls for. ...

5. Mr. Arithmetic Meets Mitt Romney and His Budget Cutters
(Matching tags: stimulus, budget, deficit)

... purport to show that governments that reduced their budget deficits had more rapid growth. Alesina found that the boost to growth from deficit reduction was strongest when the deficit reduction was accomplished ...

6. Shoring Up Medicare and Reducing the Budget Deficit Is Not Double-Counting
(Matching tags: medicare, budget, deficit)

A recent study by Charles Blahous, a public trustee for Medicare and Social Security, concluded the Affordable Care Act would contribute $340 billion to the deficit from 2012-2021, contrary to CBO's estimate ...

7. Getting A Grip on Deficit Hysterics
(Matching tags: health care, economy, Social Security, budget, deficit)

Promoting fears about the budget deficit is a major industry in Washington. The central theme is usually that we have out of control spending which will make us just like Greece in only a few short years. ...