Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has electrified the race by choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. In the last day, the two have drawn big, excited crowds and have gotten rave reviews from conservative talking heads in the … More…
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More Reasons Why Fixing the Debt Crisis Is Hard
The drumbeat of worry is growing as the US approaches the fiscal cliff, when the Bush tax cuts and Obama payroll tax cuts expire and automatic spending cuts kick in just as Congress debates extending the debt ceiling yet again.… More…
Domestic Spending Already Has Been Cut–a Lot
When you listen to former Gov. Mitt Romney and other Republicans on the campaign trail, you’d think federal spending is out of control and still growing. And, in a curious bit of jiu-jitsu, some even say that’s holding back the … More…
The Curse of the Bush Tax Cuts
Updated July 15, 2012
It’s the summer of 2012, President George W. Bush has been out of office for 3 ½ years, and the biggest issue of the presidential campaign is whether to keep his signature tax cuts, which were … More…
If It Walks Like a Tax and Quacks Like a Tax
Never look a gift tax in the mouth, especially if it may have just saved your presidency.
That’s what you’d think President Obama’s reaction would be to the life line (sorry for the mixed metaphors) Chief Justice John Roberts extended … More…
Court Immigration Ruling Gives Obama a Partial But Real Win
President Obama and his re-election team must have celebrated this morning when the Supreme Court threw out most of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB1070, by a 5-3 majority, with only conservative Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito dissenting.… More…
It Could Be a Long, Hot Summer for Obama
President Obama has caught a couple of breaks after a bad few weeks in which he lost ground to Republican opponent Mitt Romney.
Last Friday, the president announced a new immigration policy that would accomplish some of the same things … More…
Four Things We Got Right and Europe Didn’t
You hear it a lot in some circles: The US is heading down the same road as Greece, a basket case of an economy with huge debt and no hope.
And if we don’t address entitlement spending—primarily Medicare and Medicaid—our … More…
Obama Boxes in Romney on Immigration
With all the problems President Obama has had lately, he finally created some good news for himself late last week at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s expense.
In the Rose Garden last Friday, the president announced a change in how … More…
Grover Norquist Makes Jeb Bush’s Point
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush made big waves at a meeting held by Bloomberg View Monday when he said the current Republican Party didn’t have much room for either his father, George H.W. Bush, or the patron saint of modern … More…
Howard R. Gold
I’m an award-winning business and financial journalist and an independent-minded citizen who is deeply concerned about the challenges facing our country. That’s why I started The Independent Agenda. "
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