Dec 01 The Morning Line: Fiscal Commission Set to Unveil Plan, Delay Vote Wednesday was supposed to be the day that the members of President Obama's fiscal commission released its plan to rein in the country's debt and deficits and voted on it. The first part will still happen Wednesday, according… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch News Wrap: New WikiLeaks Document Reveals U.S. Critique of Karzai In other news Tuesday, WikiLeaks released a memo in which a U.S. diplomat criticizes Afghan President Hamid Karzai for allegedly freeing dangerous detainees because of ties to powerful people. Continue watching
Nov 30 Patchwork Nation: Mapping High School Dropout Rates Of all the factors that go into making a community the local school system may be the most critical. Better schools not only equal better-educated kids, but often better property values and a better quality of life. On Tuesday, a… Continue reading
Nov 30 Tool$ Tuesday | The Bush Tax Cuts By Paul Solman Today's Tool$ Tuesday is another look at how the tax cuts might be implemented. This Bush Tax Cut tool comes by way of the Tax Policy Center, a much-appreciated think tank in today's hyper-polarized environment. Continue reading
Nov 30 Tool$ Tuesday | The Bush Tax Cuts By Elizabeth Shell Today's Tool$ Tuesday is another look at how the tax cuts might be implemented. This Bush Tax Cut tool comes by way of the Tax Policy Center, a much-appreciated think tank in today's hyper-polarized environment. Continue reading
Nov 29 Obama's Call for Pay Freeze Stirs Up Debate on Federal Workers President Obama's call to freeze federal workers' pay for two years marks the biggest moment yet in an escalating debate over whether government employees are overpaid and often protected from the worst of economic conditions -- or whether… Continue reading
Nov 29 Doesn't Social Security Pay For Itself, Since it's Taken Out of My Paycheck? By Elizabeth Shell The following email comes via the PBS Ombudsman: Name: Phyllis Koch Question: I am constantly frustrated as I listen to your interviewers and commentators talk about deficits/budgets/where to cut and always including Social Security. Social Security is always mentioned… Continue reading
Nov 29 Doesn't Social Security Pay for Itself, Since It's Taken Out of My Paycheck? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: The following email comes via the PBS Ombudsman: Name: Phyllis Koch Question:… Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch As Holiday Shopping Kicks Off, Middle Class Appears 'Marginally Better' Major retailers like Best Buy and Toys "R" Us are seeing longer lines this year and hoping it translates into higher sales for the holiday shopping season. But Yahoo! Finance economics editor Daniel Gross says it takes more than good… Continue watching
Nov 26 Black Friday: How Much Will Richest Communities Be Willing to Spend? Hoping to cash in on the annual holiday season gift-giving frenzy Toy R Us opened its doors this year at 10 o'clock. That's p.m. -- on Thanksgiving. Other stores didn't even wait for Turkey Day. If you found… Continue reading