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BusinessWeek February 14, 2005	Wanted: An Honest Budget Bad news outweighs good as President Bush prepares to announce the next federal budget.
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010 Peter Coy	The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier.
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	The Bush Tax Cuts Are Sapping America's Strength The cost is nearly three times as much as the tab from September 11, Afghanistan, Iraq, and homeland security combined.
Reason June 2009 Veronique de Rugy	The Age of Debt Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility" but delivers the opposite.
Financial Advisor October 2006 Bruce W. Fraser	Economic Pin Balls As it stands today, Bush's economic legacy is still uncertain. Is Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. more than a Hail Mary?
Reason November 2008 Veronique de Rugy	Fear of a Unified Government What happens to federal spending when the Democrats control both Congress and the presidency?
Reason May 2009 Veronique de Rugy	When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point.
Reason May 2008 Veronique de Rugy	The Trillion-Dollar War The War on Terror is now more expensive than Vietnam or World War I -- but the dishonest way Washington is paying for it may prove costliest of all.
BusinessWeek January 19, 2004	Bush's Borrowing Is Sapping Our Strength The GOP-led Congressional Budget Office says tax cuts will likely slow growth
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010	Extending the Bush Tax Cuts The cost of extending the Bush tax cuts from 2010 to 2020.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Morgan Housel	Sick of the Budget Deficit? Read This What really sent us over the edge. For one, there was a good round of tax cuts enacted under President Bush. And two wars. You know the story. Moreover, the economy didn't grow as fast as expected.
Inc. October 2008 Robb Mandelbaum	Tax This; Tax That When it comes to taxes, John McCain and Barack Obama both want to ease the burden and spark the economy. The difference is in how they would go about doing it. Here are the specifics of each candidate's plan.
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003	Fate Worse than Debt: Can the U.S. Deficit Rise to $45.47 Trillion? The U.S. government's future obligations outweigh its projected revenues so heavily that it would need a permanent income tax increase of 66% or the immediate elimination of all federal discretionary spending to put it on track for balancing its finances.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin	Defense Watch: Fiscal Storm on the Horizon The nation's soaring budget deficits will leave future administrations--whether they are Republican or Democrat--no choice but to cut defense.
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Tony Capaccio	A Peace Dividend from Troop Withdrawals Obama's budget for Iraq and Afghanistan is said to tumble 26 percent - the lowest amount since 2005.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Robert Kuttner	What Killed Off The GOP Deficit Hawks? The Republicans are now the ones making excuses for big deficits.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2011 Morgan Housel	Here, You Fix the Budget By next Wednesday, a group of politicians dubbed the "supercommittee" has to come up with a plan to slash federal deficits by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade.
Reason January 2009 Matt Welch	Obama's Numbers The president-elect has promised to make his math add up. Therein lies a glimmer of possibility.
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jacob Sullum	Hawk in Hock: Obama pretends to be frugal as we sink deeper in debt The president wants to signal that he's serious about cutting the federal budget. Unfortunately, his plan hinges on the assumption that Americans do not know how to calculate percentages.
BusinessWeek January 24, 2005 Howard Gleckman	The Beltway Battle Ahead If Bush is willing to deal, he'll have a chance to fix Social Security, say both Democratic and Republican insiders. But he'll need to build bridges with Democrats and sell economic conservatives on compromise.
BusinessWeek September 20, 2004 Gleckman & McNamee	What A "Fairer" Tax Code Might Look Like A reelected Bush may rework the existing system -- or try for a consumption tax. His previous tax cuts and other ideas offer some hints as to where Bush-style reform might go.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2011 Morgan Housel	Crisis Averted? The Latest on the Debt Ceiling What you need to know about the mess in Washington.
National Defense July 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Sequestration Looming: Defense Should Be Prepared for All Possible Scenarios If no further legislative action is taken before January, the Budget Control Act directs a reduction of $97 billion in discretionary federal spending for fiscal year 2013. The calculations work out to $42 billion from domestic programs and $55 billion from defense.
CFO September 1, 2004 Ronald Fink	It's the Deficit,... Neither Bush nor Kerry would close the federal budget gap. But that's where the policy resemblance ends. While 86 percent of CFOs are concerned about the size of the deficit, so far neither Bush nor Kerry has demonstrated much real interest in it.
Parameters Autumn 2008 Travis Sharp	Tying US Defense Spending to GDP: Bad Logic, Bad Policy Defense spending should be determined according to threat-based analysis and not fixed at 4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
The Motley Fool February 2, 2011 Morgan Housel	How the Surplus Became a Deficit Tearing apart CBO's numbers.
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 Ryan Donmoyer	Brinkmanship Over the Bush Tax Cuts High-income Americans could be the beneficiaries of a looming fight over whether to extend or let expire the Bush-era tax cuts.
National Defense May 2012 Berteau & Murdock	Defense Department Must Prepare for Deeper Budget Cuts The post-election bargaining over taxes and government spending will be intense and hard-fought. The Defense Department needs to make it clear to all the players what the real consequences for the nation's security are of ill-considered, deep cuts to a defense budget that is already on the decline.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Robert Kuttner	Harping On The Deficit May Undo The Dems I hope the Democratic candidates for President are in touch with Joseph E. Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel prize co-winner in economics. Stiglitz has challenged a premise that has become like holy writ: the idea that deficit reductions caused the boom of the 1990s.
Inc. January 2006 Robert E. Litan	Almost a Tax Plan The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too.
National Defense November 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell	Plenty of Resources, But Even Greater Demand The politics of military spending have reached fever pitch as Congress attempts to pass the Defense Department's fiscal year 2008 budget and weighs massive war spending requests.
Investment Advisor February 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell	Ryan Reveals GOP Budget Agenda to Investment Advisor New House Budget Committee Chair says Dodd-Frank, health care, spending all in play.
BusinessWeek May 26, 2011 Drake Bennett	Grover Norquist, the Enforcer For decades, the Americans for Tax Reform founder has locked in lawmakers to oppose new taxes. The deficit debate is his greatest triumph -- and biggest test.
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Anthony Downs	A Recipe Sure to End the Real Estate Boom Slower growth, higher interest rates, and higher taxes are not a recipe for prosperity. So, real estate will be part of the broader economic suffering required by the adjustments our economy must make.
Inc. July 1, 2003 Bobbie Gossage	Back to the Future The tax cut makes this Bush look very Reaganesque.
Salon.com February 15, 2001 Joan Walsh	Plutocrats to the rescue! While the spineless Dems dither, the stiffest resistance to Bush's outrageous tax plan comes from an unlikely quarter: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Sr....
National Defense October 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Candidates Imprecise On Pentagon Spending Neither President George W. Bush nor his opponent, Sen. John F. Kerry, has dwelt to any great degree on the nuts and bolts of military spending.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller	Election Aftermath: What's in it for the Military? One potential target of the new Congress is the large supplemental spending budgets that fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Howard Gleckman	Wesley Clark: Marching Down the Middle He sets a centrist economic agenda, -- relying on former Clinton advisers.
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National Defense May 2010 Conetta & Knight	For National Security's Sake, The Pentagon Has to Tighten its Belt President Obama has called for a freeze on most federal agency spending, notably exempting national defense.
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 James Mehring	Deficits: The CBO's Forecasts Look Too Rosy The massive budget deficits of recent years are starting to shrink, according to the Congressional Budget Office. But as officials readily admit, the agency's projections don't fully capture reality.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 John Keller	Taking the Pulse of Defense Spending As the war in Iraq has become a political sore spot, we can expect the Pentagon's leaders to hunker down to the status quo on military spending at least through the presidential election in November
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National Defense May 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	What the Latest U.S. Budget Crisis Means for the Future of Defense Even if defense survives significant 2012 budget cuts, the probability is that 2013 or 2014 will be very tough years for military budgets.
National Defense October 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	President's Half-Trillion Dollar Jobs Plan Muddies the Defense Budget Waters What one wonders though is how the new requirement to "pay for" the Jobs Bill will affect defense spending.
Salon.com February 15, 2001 Daryl Lindsey	Reaganomics redux Supply-side economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth defends President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut...