Fiscal Deal: Tax Hikes, Green Pork, Stimulus, Oh My

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  December 31st at 06:58 PM  | 

Surprise surprise, they have a deal to avoid the politicians’ cliff.  Who didn’t see that coming? Here’s an enigmatic riddle for you: what happens when Republicans publicly obsess about the degree of tax increases they are willing to accept without a commensurate demand for spending cuts?  You get tax hikes and no spending cuts!  In fact, we will spend even more as a result of | Read More »

Today in Washington – June 11, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 11th at 11:25 AM  | 

Great news for sports fans — the World Cup kicked off today and the Celtics – Lakers series looks like it another classic.  You need some good sports news when most of the political news is bad in Washington.  The New York Times reports, “a government panel on Thursday essentially doubled its estimate of how much oil has been spewing from the out-of-control BP well, with | Read More »