Our health problems won't disappear just because government cuts out Medicare and Medicaid. But the costs of treating -- or not treating -- those health problems will now fall on us, individually, on our own, instead of aggregated through the mechanism of democracy.
We cannot afford to extend the tax cuts for billionaires and millionaires. There are better places to put that money and more important national needs than making the rich richer and keeping tax breaks for the wealthiest two percent.
Who cares that a man we know is wealthy put money in overseas accounts and created shell companies overseas with hidden assets? All of us should care.
Fact is, whether Brad, Angelina, Jennifer, Bristol, Levi, Snooki, or anyone else is hooking up, breaking up, or something in between, the odds and ends of their relationships are grist for the Internal Revenue Service mill.
The wealthiest Americans often choose to live in gated communities, designed to shield them from the intrusion of those Ann Romney calls "you people." Now, Mitt Romney is applying that same notion to his campaign for the presidency.
It's time we recognize the sobering reality that if we're going to plug the hole in our national balance sheets while still continuing to invest in our future, we have to find a balance between spending cuts and revenue increases.
AT&T; is asking the California legislature for a big favor. A new bill -- based on model legislation from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) would remove all regulations on voice-over-Internet services (VOIP).
One preconceived notion is that tax reform closes loopholes and increases revenues. I've been through three tax reforms in my 38 years in the Senate and each time we've lost revenues.
America's Got Talent is the #1 show. Spiderman is the #1 movie. Call Me Maybe is the top song in the country. And who's the most popular guy in Washington, DC? Why...it's me! The small business guy. Everyone's buzzing about me.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was really quite comical, as if someone has written a very politically-incorrect skit for Saturday Night Live.
The American system depends on trust. Our success as a nation requires that we trust our leaders, our institutions and one another. Romney's behavior is further destroying this trust and corroding our democracy.
The Republicans seem to think that Mitt Romney's personal history better prepares him for the office. Because he made hundreds of millions of dollars in business. But what did Romney do, really?
While an ice cream shop would do best in a location with warm weather and a constant flow of pedestrian traffic, potential patients aren't going to wander into a medical office off the street. Here are some important things to consider before you lease your space.
As they lay out their finances and financial holdings -- whatever and wherever they may be -- we need to demand that the candidates for our highest office tell us how they plan to address the financial shell games that are bankrupting our country. Not just what they're hiding.
It is outrageous to try to balance the federal budget on the backs of our youth. Our greatest resource is the ingenuity and creativity of the American people.
In emerging economies there's a pause in fiscal adjustment this year and next, but this too is generally appropriate, given that many of these countries have low debt and deficits.