Tag: Budgets and Deficits

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Tax Day by the numbers

Jason Russell · April 15, 2015 9:00 am

A U.S. Postal Service customer holds his tax returns as he waits in line to mail them at the James A. Farley Post Office on April 17, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

This tax day, thank a businessman

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2015 9:00 am

Eugene Dodaro, the comptroller general, highlighted waste during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Tuesday. (AP File)

Accountability official tells Senate cutting duplication saved $20 billion in four years

Sarah Bedford · April 14, 2015 7:09 pm

In this Nov. 13, 2009 file photo, a display of flat screen TV's is shown on the opening day of a Best Buy store in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Taxpayers should cut the FCC’s allowance

Andrew Langer · April 13, 2015 9:00 am

Vice President Joe Biden speaks about U.S. policy in Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2015, at the National Defense University in Washington, in advance of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's visit to Washington, next week. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden calls for free community college with tax increase on wealthy

Eddie Scarry · April 11, 2015 7:02 pm

The Wyoming college rejected federal student aid to avoid federal intrusion on its religious freedom. (iStock Photo)

Catholic college rejects federal money to protect religious freedom

Eddie Scarry · April 11, 2015 5:26 pm

President Barack Obama tours Indatus in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, April 2, 2015, before speaking about his concerns about $300 billion cost of eliminating a tax that the White House says would affect relatively few people. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamas earned $477,383 in 2014, paid 19.6 percent in taxes

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2015 8:45 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, following a policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Democrats ask McConnell for votes on popular Democratic amendments

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2015 5:43 pm

Better decision-making tools that are available through a variety of easily-accessible websites and apps draw on behavioral economics to provide the first step to overcoming Americans' financial woes. (AP Photo)

Technology brings behavioral solutions to Americans’ financial problems

Op-Ed Contributor · April 10, 2015 9:00 am

Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming (left) and Rep. Tom Price of Georgia (right)Â are working on reaching an agreement on a budget resolution for fiscal 2016.Â

Budget chairmen meet to start hashing out agreement

Joseph Lawler · April 9, 2015 6:51 pm

Taxpayers are told the wait could be up to 180 days, but the IRS's records suggest the delay is much longer. (iStock Photo)

Treasury watchdog says IRS ‘misleads’ taxpayers victimized by identity fraud

Sarah Bedford · April 9, 2015 6:36 pm

Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf testifies before the Senate Budget committee on Capitol Hill November 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Budget office: Deficit increases in first half of 2015

Joseph Lawler · April 8, 2015 8:49 pm