There has been much debate about cutting the expenses of government. A good start may be to re-examine the job training programs that cost the taxpayers billions training workers for jobs that don’t exist.

This week the Republican Study Committee and the Congressional Progressive Caucus released their fiscal year 2013 budget proposals. So how do the proposals stack up to each other?

A roundup of this morning’s must-read budget and economic stories.

In a twist on the usual Wednesday Waste, we’re going to focus on the federal government actually tackling wasteful spending.

The White House announced the President would sign an executive order today calling for billions in cut backs to federal agency spending.