Economics
Budget cuts: Trump fiscal plan is a right-wing wish list
March 12, 2019Plenty of money for the military and the wall, but only cuts for schools or health care.
Read moreGM is closing my plant. What are politicians going to do about it?
February 28, 2019I gave GM 20 years of my life. In return they took my job—and the government keeps rewarding them for it.
Read moreSome government workers still unpaid, fear another shutdown
February 7, 2019Even as they scramble to catch up on unpaid bills, the prospect of another shutdown looms next week.
Read morePuerto Rico debt deal: Bondholders get paid, future of public services uncertain
February 5, 2019A federal bankruptcy judge approved a major debt restructuring plan for Puerto Rico on Monday in the first deal of its kind for the U.S. territory since the island’s government declared nearly four years ago that...
Read moreTrump recalls 50,000 workers without pay; shutdown costs hit $1 billion a week
January 16, 2019The cost is so high that now even Trump’s own top economist admits it could end U.S. economic growth and send the nation into recession.
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