Mismanaged State Pensions Bill Taxpayers for Shortfall
By ERIC PIANIN, DAVID FRANCIS, The Fiscal Times March 22, 2013
For years, state and local governments have been playing imaginative or patently dishonest games with...
Senate passes its first budget in four years on 50 to 49 vote
By Erik Wasson- 03/23/13 05:00 AM ET
The Senate early Saturday passed its first budget in four years by a vote of 50 to 49.
The close vote was a big victory for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who had to overcome...
As a chronic prognosticator of doom, I’m often asked, “Do you heed your own warnings?” I sure didn’t the last time the stock market crashed. Despite forecasting...
