Nov 19 Watch Shields and Brooks on Realities of Spending Cuts, Obama’s Need for a ‘Win’ Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's top headlines including the realities of dealing with the federal deficit and earmarks, debate over passing the New START treaty and how Obama shouldn't come back… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch Budget Watchdogs Warn of Worsening Deficit, Explore Strategies to Cut Following on the heels of the bipartisan deficit commission chairmen's recommendation of drastic cuts, former Republican Sen. Pete Domenici and former White House Budget Director Alice Rivlin presented a new take on how to reduce the deficit and warned of… Continue watching
Nov 15 How Would YOU Balance the U.S. Budget? By Paul Solman The Sunday Times recently featured an exercise that it might make sense for all Americans to try, and certainly members of Congress pressing to balance the budget- Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget. And, if you prefer to get… Continue reading
Nov 15 How Would YOU Balance the U.S. Budget? By Elizabeth Shell The Sunday Times featured an exercise that it might make sense for all Americans to try, and certainly members of Congress pressing to balance the budget- Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget. And if you prefer to get out… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Deficit Plan Revives Debate on Spending Priorities Jeffrey Brown gets three perspectives on the bipartisan fiscal commission's recommendations to cut spending and change tax policy to combat the federal deficit. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Next Steps Unclear for Commission’s Drastic Debt-Reduction Plan A bipartisan deficit commission appointed by President Obama issued a draft proposal of drastic spending cuts Wednesday, ranging from changes in Social Security to tax policy. Lori Montgomery of the Washington Post gives details on what the panel leaders are… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch Greenspan Says Bush-Era Tax Cuts Should Lapse, Warns on Budget Deficit Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan talks to Jeffrey Brown as part of a series of conversations on the debate over tax cuts. Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Did Stimulus Funding Help or Hurt U.S. Economy in the Long Run? A new study by economists Mark Zandi and Alan Blinder showed the U.S. government's nearly $800 billion economic stimulus and the Wall Street bailout likely steered the American economy away from another depression. Jeffrey Brown moderates a debate between Zandi… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch State Leaders Brace for Bleak Budget Forecasts Margaret Warner talks with Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell about the fiscal woes continuing to drag on state budgets. Continue watching
Apr 27 Your Guide to the Debt Commission By Vanessa Dennis The bipartisan debt commission meets for the first time Tuesday. Here, a guide to the U.S. debt problem, the commission's members, and what solutions might be proposed. Continue reading