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• March 28, 2013 | The sequester, the Ryan budget and practically all other spending cuts actually make the debt situation worse

• March 28, 2013 | Time to end the reign of terror of scary upward-sloping graphs

• March 26, 2013 | The Murray budget falls short on funding domestic programs

• Feb. 5, 2013 | The UK is showing us why austerity is dangerous, but are we paying attention?

• Feb. 1, 2013 | Debt stabilization does not require $1.4 trillion, $1.5 trillion, or any other single number

• Dec. 21, 2012 | The middle class does NOT extend up to $400K

• Dec. 20, 2012 | Let the Bush tax cuts expire, there are better options

• Dec. 18, 2012 | Social Security has no place in ‘fiscal cliff’ negotiations

• Dec. 6, 2012 | 6 reasons why the debt ceiling should be scrapped

• Nov. 29, 2012 | President Obama wants to cut domestic spending and protect public investments, but his budget only cuts

• Nov. 27, 2012 | For fairness and job creation, the Buffett Rule is a no-brainer

• Oct. 19, 2012 | Romney’s evasive language hides his tax cut for the rich

• Oct. 2, 2012 | Capping federal spending at 20 percent of GDP would decimate state budgets

• Sept. 20, 2012 | Majority of elderly households fall into category maligned by Romney

• Sept. 18, 2012 | Five facts about the 47 percent

• Aug. 27, 2012 | Health reform and the $716 billion lie

• Aug. 10, 2012 | Making the tax code work for the middle class

• Aug. 9, 2012 | Bill Keller and Third Way’s misinformed and ironic baby boomer bashing

• Aug. 2, 2012 | The folly of the GOP’s ‘tax reform’ agenda

• July 18, 2012 | The five serious flaws of Bowles-Simpson

• June 6, 2012 | The long-term budget outlook has improved dramatically over the last three years

• May 25, 2012 | Four disturbing consequences of Pelosi’s tax retreat

• May 3, 2012 | Video: Paul Krugman discusses his new book

• April 26, 2012 | Glenn Kessler’s wrong call on Romney’s Buffett Rule chicanery

• April 13, 2012 | The utter wrongness of people who complain about double-counting Medicare savings

• March 30, 2012 | Infrastructure is win-win-win-win

• March 21, 2012 | Ryan’s budget cuts would cost jobs

• March 16, 2012 | Public investment and the social contract

• March 6, 2012 | Economic growth will not come to Mitt Romney’s rescue

• March 1, 2012 | The myth of rising domestic spending strikes again!

• Feb. 16, 2012 | The president’s jobs package would indeed create jobs

• Feb. 14, 2012 | Don’t cut the non-security discretionary budget!

• Jan. 24, 2012 | A firewall has risen

• Jan. 19, 2012 | Romney may not like government, but he loves its tax subsidies

• Nov. 16, 2011 | Democrats’ counter-offer to big domestic spending cuts is… big domestic spending cuts?

• Nov. 2, 2011 | Perry’s economic analysis of his tax plan should be retracted

• Nov. 1, 2011 | Perry’s own model would show that his FULL plan reduces economic growth

• Oct. 28, 2011 | Perry’s Halloween-timed budget plan should scare the bejesus out of the middle class

• Oct. 20, 2011 | State and local budget relief mostly helps private-sector workers

• Oct. 19, 2011 | Two years into austerity and counting…

• Sept. 27, 2011 | Nine reasons to invest more in the nation’s infrastructure

• Sept. 20, 2011 | Ending our militaristic foreign policy saves money

• Sept. 19, 2011 | Five reasons for progressives to like Obama’s Super Committee proposal