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By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne |
May 24, 2012
The CBO makes the point that if Congress cannot find some way to arrest policies that are already set in motion before the new year, the U.S. will lapse back into a recession in 2013.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
March 1, 2012
Tax issues will figure prominently in the goings-on in Washington this presidential election year, with the consensus among tax specialists being that Congress is most likely to address the estate tax when it decides late this year whether to extend the Bush tax cuts.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
February 2, 2012
One way presidential candidates have suggested to cut the federal deficit is by cutting the number of federal employees, saying that they are more highly paid than their private-sector counterparts. A recent study by the Congressional Budget Office shows that this is only partly true.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
February 1, 2012
CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf said that because so many tax and spending changes to are slated to take effect, CBO has also prepared projections under an "alternative fiscal scenario."
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
February 1, 2012
The consensus among tax specialists is that Congress is most likely to address the estate tax when it decides late this year whether to extend the Bush tax cuts.
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By Gil Weinreich, Advisorone |
January 6, 2012
Nick Barisheff offers a spirited defense of gold’s inevitable rise, arguing that increasing governmental indebtedness and currency debasement make today’s gold price insignificant.
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By John Sullivan, Advisorone |
November 21, 2011
Lawrence Summers, past president at Harvard University, Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration and economic advisor to President Barack Obama, took to the pages of The Washington Post on Monday to decry the growing gap between rich and poor. He then offered three suggestions that he claimed would help distribute...
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By Melanie Waddell and Marlene Y. Satter |
November 21, 2011
While not officially declaring defeat, the deficit supercommittee remains in a partisan deadlock and had failed by Monday to reach a deal.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
November 18, 2011
With Nov. 23 as the deadline, Republicans still aren’t budging on including taxes in any deficit proposal, while Democrats still are reluctant to allow significant changes to entitlement programs.
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By David Tittsworth, IAA |
November 15, 2011
Everything you wanted to know about the Congressional supercommittee, and when its recommendations need to be made.
