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Unless we are happy to keep government debt, – which is already close to a trillion dollars – growing indefinitely, taxes will need to rise.
There’s no crystal ball when it comes to the future of New Zealand’s economy. But to understand the upcoming budget, people need to understand why forecasting is so hard.
The future of the public service has become a hot election issue with fears Peter Dutton’s threats to sack staff will gut essential front line services.
House Speaker McCarthy wants to put the US on a path to a balanced budget as debt ceiling negotiations begin with President Biden. Here’s why it won’t be easy to repeat what Bill Clinton accomplished.
Despite all the limitations his concessions place on his speakership, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still has a lot of power.
Used wisely, public debt could be a way to improve things for our children and grandchildren.
The city’s latest financial woes are a result of the coronavirus crisis.
With Congress rebuffing efforts to cut benefits, the White House is trying to change the rules.
The House just passed its version of the tax plan, which includes about US$1 trillion in cuts for corporations. The question, who will be left holding the potato?
People with learning disabilities need to have a say in the government policy that rules their lives.
All recent Republican presidents have cut off foreign aid tied to abortion. Trump’s expansive version of those restrictions endangers billions slated for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
Trump’s budget director singled out Meals on Wheels as a waste of federal dollars. But identifying bad ways to spend taxpayer money is harder than it sounds.
Contraception saves lives, and U.S. spending on it abroad had an unintended upside when it formed the backbone of early HIV prevention efforts.
U.S. democracy assistance is not perfect. But drastic cuts to that slice of the federal budget would sever a lifeline to pro-democracy activists around the world.
As President Trump puts U.S. foreign aid on the chopping block, few Americans know much about it. Perhaps even fewer realize that the U.S. lags behind its peers on this front.
Has the Coalition government cut $35 million from frontline legal services for victims of domestic and family violence?
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s Kon Karapanagiotidis said that what a politician can claim for a one night stay in Canberra is equivalent to an entire week on Newstart. Is that true?
Republicans immediately labeled the president’s budget proposal dead on arrival, but the very nature of government means it remains very much alive.
The arithmetic for town halls and previously endangered Whitehall departments is now distinctly rosier.
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