The debt ceiling compromise reflects deep Jewish wisdom
President Biden and Speaker McCarthy were right to compromise, writes a rabbi.
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My current Forward column, “For Source of Debt Crisis, Look to the Tithes,” tries to make the simple point makes that we have a federal debt crisis because we have lowered taxes over the past 30 years and created a federal revenue base that’s simply not enough to pay our bills. My second point is…
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Opinion Why the Economy Is in the Toilet: Required Reading and Source Material
My latest Good Fences column looks at the gloomy state of the economy and argues that it’s a mistake to blame either President Obama or the recent President Bush. What we’re experiencing actually is the collapse of a snake-oil economic cult theory that’s had us in its thrall for the past 30 years or so,…
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Opinion Why Social Security Isn’t Broke, Why We Think It Is and Where the Money Went
Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik has an essential piece today debunking what he calls “The Myth of the Social Security system’s financial shortfall.” It’s based on the newly-released 2010 report of the Social Security Trustees. In fact, he argues, Social Security is doing fine, sort of. If there’s a problem, it’s the fact…
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Opinion If America Sneezes, Israel Gets Pneumonia. What Happens When America Gets Pneumonia?
You may or may not have noticed this story on the front page of The New York Times. Its main point is that the dizzying growth of our national indebtedness poses a threat not just to America’s economic health and future but to its role in the world. Even if you don’t much follow global…
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