Public Pulse: Funding Retirement
According to Gallup, 33% of “American nonretirees now anticipate that Social Security will be a major retirement funding source.
Grand Bargaining, not Grandstanding: the House quietly negotiates deficit reduction legislation
A bipartisan group of 10 negotiators in the House are currently drafting a “grand bargain” piece of legislation that would cut entitlements and raise new revenue for the federal government.
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Gretchen Hamel: Washington’s Top 5 Missed Opportunities in 2011
As we close the books on 2011 here in Washington, D.C., it’s hard to shake the feeling of disappointment looking back on the many opportunities our leaders missed this year to address the serious fiscal challenges we face….
Economy Limps Along While The Super Committee Falls Flat
The U.S. economy continues to stagger forward growing merely two percent in the third-quarter, down from the original estimate of 2.5 percent. The announcement comes on the heels of the supercommittee’s failure to prescribe spending cuts badly needed to address the fiscal crisis in….
Super Committee Fails To Deliver For American People
As the world watches Europe sputter due to massive financial debts acquired from years of fiscal recklessness, it appears the U.S. Congress has learned nothing and lacks the courage and leadership to address the crisis confronting our nation….
Timely Resource: Super Cmte & Sequestration
With Washington’s deadline to cut a targeted $1.5 trillion – but a minimum of $1.2 trillion – in federal spending quickly approaching, what are the consequences of failure? A these targeted cuts enough to get our nation’s fiscal house in order….
Timely Resource: Super Cmte & Sequestration
With Washington’s deadline to cut a targeted $1.5 trillion – but a minimum of $1.2 trillion – in federal spending quickly approaching, what are the consequences of failure? A these targeted cuts enough to get our nation’s fiscal house in order….
Super Committee: America’s Watching
With less than a month for the super committee to identify between $1.2 and $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, Bankrupting America, a project of Public Notice, launches a billboard campaign designed to remind Congress that the nation is watching. The billboards will run simultaneously in the center of both the political and financial worlds….
Supercommittee members rake in fundraising dollars
How many times will lawmakers promise to do things the new way – to make Main Street values the fundamentals of operating within the halls of Congress?

