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Making The Wrong Choices: The Federal Budget
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The president’s 2007 budget makes the wrong choices for our nation. We should not be cutting investments that keep America strong and successful. We need a responsible budget that can bring together our nation, that builds and invests in America’s future, and that provides opportunity for all Americans. This page will be updated daily with the latest news, analysis and commentary on the 2007 federal budget.
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- Bush’s Tax and Budget Policies Fail to Promote Economic Growth, February 16, 2006
- Setting the Wrong Priorities, February 7, 2006
- Backtracking on Education, by Scott Lilly, February 7, 2006
- Student Loans in Bush’s Budget, by Kate Sabatini and John S. Irons, February 7, 2006
- Misplaced Priorities: Cutting Services to Finance Tax Breaks, by John S. Irons and Bracken Hendricks, November 29, 2005
- Before Hurting the Poor, Look Elsewhere for Cuts, by John S. Irons, November 27, 2005
- Robbing Banks Not Like Cutting Domestic Programs, by Gene Sperling, November 16, 2005 (Bloomberg)
- Budget Reconciliation (November 14, 2005)
- Smash and Grab Budgeting, by John S. Irons, November 10, 2005
- The GO Zone Won’t Go: Lessons for Gulf Opportunity Zones, by John Alexander Burton, November 9, 2005
- Budgeting for Katrina and Beyond, Robert Gordon, John S. Irons and Jennifer Palmieri (September 23, 2005)
- Katrina and Deficits: Right Topic, Wrong Question, by Gene Sperling (September 22, 2005)
- Try This Quiz on Supply-Side Economics, by Gene Sperling (July 14, 2005) – published on Bloomberg.com
- Wrong Choices: An Analysis of the 2006 Budget, February 9, 2005
- Progressive Message on the President’s Budget, February 23, 2005
- Budget Magic by John Irons, (May 18, 2005)
- Proposed Budget Would Enact More Tax Cuts at the Expense of Commitments to Health Care, by John Irons (April 27, 2005)
- Reconnecting Tax and Budget Policies (April 1, 2005)
- Proposed Budget Would Enact More Tax Cuts at the Expense of Commitments to Health Care (March 11, 2005)
- Budget PowerPoints: John Irons, Scott Lilly
- What America Is Saying … About Budget Priorities (February 24, 2005)
- Progressive Message on the President’s Budget (February 23, 2005)
- Memo to the Community: What to Look for in the Budget (February 8, 2005)
- Previewing the President’s Budget: America Has a Choice (February 7, 2005)
- Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Discipline (Dec 3, 2004)
- Budget Failures (Oct 22, 2004)
Analysis of the 2005 Federal Budget
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