Under heavy pressure to get Americans back to work, President Barack Obama on Monday suggested using a suddenly available pot of money left over from the government's bank bailout to help create more jobs. ...more

December 8, 2009

The Arizona Republic, on health care reform: There is a lot wrong with the current state of affairs in American health care. But the rapid rise in costs - including a 131 percent rise in employer-sponsored premiums in just the past 10 years - is what drives this current fight for reform. ...more

November 17, 2009

Political correctness The price for being politically correct is killing us. You know you just might be a redneck if you have rebel flag waving from the back of your pickup truck and a bumper sticker proclaiming, "The South Will Rise Again. ...more

November 15, 2009

As Congress moves toward a historic decision on health reform, AARP has chosen sides: We are standing up for better health care for all Americans. ...more

November 12, 2009

Keep the change The federal deficit has quadrupled and the unemployment rate has doubled. Yep, that's change you can believe in (and cry and scream over, too)! ...more

October 23, 2009

The White House plans to announce the federal deficit will be about $262 billion less than officials predicted earlier this year — in part because the administration has provided less aid than expected to Wall Street. ...more

August 19, 2009

The sight of the nation's capital lit up at night still inspires U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite whenever she returns to Washington, D.C. ...more

March 11, 2009

No, the headline above isn't asking you what you're doing. Instead, it is a question county officials are asking Pinellas residents as they decide how to deal with a projected revenue shortfall for the 2010 fiscal year. ...more

February 28, 2009

President Barack Obama laid out his first budget plan Thursday predicting a stunning federal deficit of $1.75 trillion this year - nearly four times last year's record - and asking Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy to stem that flood of red ink while still moving the country toward guaranteed health care for all. ...more

February 27, 2009

President Barack Obama is putting the finishing touches on an ambitious first budget that seeks to cut the federal deficit in half during the next four years, primarily by raising taxes on business and the wealthy and by slashing spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration officials said. ...more

February 22, 2009