Governor 1 Percent: Andrew Cuomo could be the future of.
Since property taxes are the main source of school funding, the New York Times editorialized that his proposal was radical and would devastate school districts. But Cuomo soon got the cap passed. This issue is probably��.
Story of the week: A national plan to fight Alzheimers.
Its the result of a bill passed unanimously by both the House and Senate calling for a national plan to combat Alzheimers.. By 2050, the cost of Alzheimers care will grow to over $800 billion each year��� more than our entire military budget. To deal. The New York Times talked to some of the bills cosponsors shortly before it passed:. The bigger problem��� at least for Alzheimers funding��� is what happens if Congress doesnt reach an agreement on deficit reduction.
Meet the Father of Zero-Based Budgeting
Zero-based budgeting is a ���tremendous��� tool, Mr. Pyhrr said, ���especially in times of economic problems, when you need to make reductions, or when you have significant and rapid technological change.��� But he doesnt know how widely it is used.
Green Economics
If you listen to climate scientists -- and despite the relentless campaign to discredit their work, you should -- it is long past time to do something about emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. If we continue with business as usual, they say, we are facing a rise in global temperatures that will be little short of apocalyptic. And to avoid that apocalypse, we have to wean our economy from the use of fossil fuels, coal above all. But is it possible to make drastic cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions without destroying our economy?. Paul Krugman article explores economic implications of taking action to thwart climate change; says that for world to embrace changes that benefit planet, there must be economic incentive to do so, as companies must see way to make money through change; asserts that consumers and companies must acknowledge that climate change is indeed reality and may need financial consequences like taxation to force climate-saving outcomes; warns that inaction will not benefit anyone economically or environmentally long-term and emphasizes key importance of political support for any wide-ranging climate change initiatives to succeed; drawings (L)
Balancing the Budget in Ten Years and No New Revenue.
The House and Senate are expected to consider their respective budget resolutions starting next week.. Some may defend a no-new-revenue approach to deficit reduction by claiming that the federal governments size and reach are expanding dramatically. The data, however, do not. approach. The debt ratio should grow only during hard economic times or major emergencies, and budget plans should be designed with their effects on the debt ratio in mind.
Deficit-Reduction Package That Lacks Significant Revenues.
The House-passed budget from Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is indicative of the sort of approach Congress likely would take if it rejects a balanced approach to deficit reduction that includes significant revenues: The Ryan budget would heavily shift. government to states and localities. By contrast, if Congress adopts a balanced deficit-reduction plan that includes significant new revenues, the resulting cost shift to states and localities almost certainly would be far smaller.
The Biggest Trade Rumor for Every NHL Team in the 2014-15 Season
The approach of NHLs holiday trade freeze period (Dec. 19 through Dec. 27) has sparked an increase in trade rumors. Several trades since mid-November have also fueled the speculation. Struggling clubs could seek players to improve their rosters.
GOP letter to Tehran backfires
A letter from Senate Republicans to Irans leadership has divided the GOP and forced it to play defense, endangering the partys chances of passing a new round of sanctions that would kill President Obamas nuclear talks with Tehran. The talks have.
Former Reagan budget director says Ryans plan saves.
President Ronald Reagans former budget director, David Stockman, has taken on a new public role calling out both Democrats and Republicans for failing to address budget deficits quickly, using spending cuts and tax increases. Democrats need to accept cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, Stockman wrote in a recent New York Times op-ed, while Republicans should accept tax increases, not only for the rich, but also for the middle class.
Americas Strategy Deficit
Something is going on here. On Tuesday retired Gen. James Mattis, former head of U.S. Central Command (2010-13) told the Senate Armed Services Committee of his unhappiness at the current conduct of U.S. foreign policy. He said the U.S. is not ���adapting .
GOP health care reform: A simple explanation, updated.
No new taxes. Living up to a key Republican principle, the GOP bill would not impose any new taxes. By contrast, the Democrats have proposed a number of tax increases in areas involving expensive health care plans, medical devicemakers and drug. But Democrats seeking to cut costs see Medicare Advantage plans as a target, arguing that they are essentially subsidized to an unnecessary degree by regular Medicare beneficiaries and ordinary taxpayers.
Friday, March 27, 2015 | Kaiser Health News
The New York Times: House Approves Bill On Changes To Medicare. It would cost $214 billion over 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office says, but $73 billion can be saved via spending cuts or new revenue... Republicans controlling the House and Senate are pushing competing budget plans, though both nonbinding blueprints call for steep cuts to social programs like Medicaid and to federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act as the chief means of��.
Morning Briefings | Kaiser Health News
A key pilot program in the federal health law saved Medicare nearly $400 million over two years and is the first alternative-payment model certified to cut costs while improving health-care quality, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.. For the first time, state legislators opened a crack in the political door that could lead to Louisiana participating in Medicaid expansion ��� a key component of the Affordable Care Act ��� but only after a new governor takes office. A state��.
Labours private hospital stitch-up: Shocking evidence of how the Left.
How did this happen? It isnt clear. But its hard to see how the CQC findings are borne out by published data about the hospital. Hinchingbrookes headline figures for AandE treatment times, and mortality (the two leading statistics by which hospital.
Fixing Obamas failed air campaign against ISIS
The New York Times characterized Obama critics as asserting, I believe accurately, that ���there are two few warplanes carrying out too few missions under too many restrictions.��� The U.S. has deployed too few bomber, combat, airborne early warning and .
HJ Heinz buys Kraft to build $28 billion food giant
NEW YORK (AP) ��� Some of the most familiar names in ketchup, pickles, cheese and hot dogs are set to come under the same roof after H.J. Heinz Co. announced plans Wednesday to buy Kraft and create one of the worlds largest food and beverage .
Live Blogging the Finance Panel Vote on Health Care Bill.
Doug Mills/The New York Times After a meeting with the Spanish prime minister, Jos�� Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, President Obama singled out Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Max Baucus for their work on the Finance Committees health care bill.. I think theyve done excellent work, and I think not only Chairman Baucus and others, but in particular Senator Snowe has been extraordinary ��� extraordinarily diligent in working together so that we can reduce cost of��.
House Passes Budget, Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen, Shape-Shifting Frog.
Amphibian Survival AllianceThe Republican-controlled House passed a Republican budget bill thats seen as a victory for House Speaker John Boehner (R). It includes an increase in the war fund, the only portion of defense spending not capped by .
Bloody Budget Cuts
As the New York Times had observed, Obama cast Republicans as naysayers clinging to the idea of tax cuts for the wealthy financed by slashing programs for everyone else. Obama said that they were doubling down on trickle-down economics while .
The Politics of Austerity - Campaign Stops - The New York.
The new embattled partisan environment allows conservatives to pit taxpayers against tax consumers, those dependent on safety-net programs like welfare, disability benefits and food stamps.. Grand Old Party of Herbert Hoover and Robert Taft, advocating a ���root canal��� approach to governance evident in the first budget passed by the Republican-controlled House ��� the Paul Ryan ���path to prosperity��� budget with $4 trillion in cuts ��� and the subsequent Aug. 2 debt��.
The Doc Fix Could Break Budget Goals - NYTimes.com
Why Californias Approach to Tightening Vaccine Rules Has.. The A.M.A. is now broadcasting a new television commercial about Medicare with a different take: the doctors want to protect the program, and themselves, from steep cuts in payments.. Call your senators today. Ask them to pass S. 1776 to protect seniors access to quality care.��� S. 1776 is a Senate bill that would permanently adjust a Medicare payment formula that for years has threatened to impose��.
Barney the harbor seal (Photo: MvB)
Nine months in the making, the new harbor seal exhibit at Seattle Aquarium delivers on all that was promised ��� visitors of any height can come nose-to-nose with the Aquariums three harbor seals, Barney, Q, and Siku, from indoor and outdoor viewing.
Conservatives must articulate an optimistic middle-class vision
This headline from The New York Times is among the latest piece in a long string of evidence that Democratic policies have failed to give middle-class families the relief they so desperately need: Middle Class Shrinks Further as More Fall Out Instead.
Democrats assail Wall Street ties in Obama administration
But between Democratic presidencies, Lew put in stints as a top official at New York University and Citigroup, where he was chief operating officer for one of the banks trading groups. The latter. Gensler also spent some time as a Senate staffer to.
THE NATION; Progress on Trade
Under U.S. trade law, a peril point is the level below which the tariff on a particular product cannot be cut without causing or threatening serious injury to domestic producers. The Tariff Commission establishes the peril point. If the President decides to go below it, he must send Congress a report stating his reasons for the action.. maps compare 23, 32 and 46 transcontinental record flights
Tax Hike Election Reckoning
Take Connecticuts Dannel Malloy, who rode into office by less than one percentage point in 2010 after promising not to raise taxes but soon was calling himself the ���anti-Christie,��� a reference to the Republican Governor in nearby New Jersey.. The.
Senate Passes Cost-Cutting Budget Plan, but Calls for a New Approach Soon.
Senate Republicans made little of the policies prescribed by their new budget and much of the numbers, which they say show a federal deficit finally disappearing for the first time since 2001. To get there, the budget calls for $4.2 trillion in cuts to.
As Supreme Court Weighs Health Law, GOP Plans to.
Even a freshman, Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, proposed a major but temporary expansion of Cobra ��� the program that allows workers to extend their employer-based health benefits after leaving a job ��� to ensure that. a budget plan ��� due out the week of March 16 ��� will include parliamentary language, known as reconciliation instructions, that would allow much of a Republican health care plan to pass the filibuster-prone Senate with a simple majority.
Should the Rich Pay for the Uninsured? - NYTimes.com
The Congressional Budget Office has consistently said that, while health information technologies, prevention and disease management are worthwhile cost-cutting measures, the savings are miniscule in comparison to the overall price. Workers could still keep their health insurance at work, but they would have a new incentive to stay under an annual cap of, say, $15,000 for a family policy... To finance reform over the long term, there are two possible approaches.
Republican Budget Proposals Include Health Care.
The House proposal would use reconciliation to allow the measure to pass in the Senate with a simple majority. However, even if passed, the measure could still face a presidential veto (Weisman, New York Times, 3/16).
Congestion Pricing Plan Dies in Albany - NYTimes.com
(Photo: Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times). Mr. Bruno emerged from the meeting appearing a bit less flustered and frustrated than when he went in, saying that the budget was closer to being finished, that finalizing the spending plan has been tough going.. But the plan was strongly opposed by a broad array of politicians from Queens, Brooklyn, and New Yorks suburbs, who viewed the proposed congestion fee as regressive and Manhattan-centric.
GOP budget negotiators still have to iron out some. - Politico
But this times Republicans have control over both chambers ��� so their odds of passing a budget deal are good, so long as they get their differences resolved. Another one of those? Reconciliation. Though. ���Theyre fundamentally the same approach to the budget ��� they balance in 10 years, no new revenues, [and] keep the [Budget Control Act] caps in 2016,��� said the former Senate Budget Committee staff director. ���By and large, on all the big issues, theyre pretty��.
Airlines battle Ebola fears
But fears of an infectious disease are new territory for the industry, and how it plays out is anyones guess. ���Whether theres a lasting impact, I think thats an open question,��� Calio said. ���Its way too early to tell how people are going to react to.
GOP Congressmen Want to Eliminate Congressional Pensions
A group of conservative congressmen have found a new target in the fight against wasteful government spending: their own pensions. As the Washington Times reports, six Republicans in the House have proposed a bill called the End Pensions in Congress .