Tag Archive: Federal Budget

Mar 19

The Iraq War: What Are the Hidden and Long-Term Costs?

Ten years ago this evening, the United States along with the support of a “coalition of the willing” launched an invasion of Iraq to overthrown Saddam Hussein and secure his supposed cache of weapons of mass destruction. Though Baghdad fell only a few short weeks after the invasion, the Iraq War would linger on for …

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Feb 17

Paul Ryan: Europe’s Debt Woes a Cautionary Tale for America

President Obama unveiled his 4th budget to Congress earlier this week, resulting in fairly typical reactions from both sides of the aisle. Policy analysts also got in on the action, with some saying the budget is a useful bid to open negotiations on larger debt-related issues, and others say it represents the decline and fall of …

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