OPINION: Why You Should Want Your Representative to Learn Things
In the pantheon of political attacks on sitting legislators, probably none is more damaging than the charge that they’ve lost touch with the people back home. Read More
OPINION: Why You Should Want Your Representative to Learn Things
In the pantheon of political attacks on sitting legislators, probably none is more damaging than the charge that they’ve lost touch with the people back home. Read More
OPINION: New York’s Medicaid Shuffle Will Devastate Localities
As the New York State executive budget proposal inches closer to a final product, its insufficiencies and impacts become clearer. Read More
OPINION: In the U.S., We Have Chosen Representative Democracy
We Americans live in a represenTative democracy. That’s a fundamental feature of public life in the United States, a part of who we are as a people. We elect leaders to make decisions on our behalf. Read More
OPINION: Small Firms Get the Short End of the Stick Again in New York
The New York State budget process is a complex undertaking with an enormous impact on New York’s residents and businesses. Read More
OPINION: Biden lied about debt ceiling, Social Security in SOTU address
On Feb. 7, President Joe Biden engaged in a baseless fear-mongering campaign, accusing U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the new House Republican majority of attempting to withhold approval of increasing the $31.4 trillion national debt ceiling unless steep cuts are made to Social Security and Medicare. Read More
OPINION: Plenty of Work Ahead as State-Budget Process Begins
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget proposal, delivered recently, sets another record high for state spending. Read More
OPINION: It’s time to do away with the debt ceiling
Here we go again. The United States crashed through the nation’s debt ceiling on Jan. 19, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. For now, the government is relying on accounting tweaks and shifting money from one pot to another to pay the bills. But that only works for so long. Read More
OPINION: A Lawmaker’s Impossible Task
I don’t remember when it first occurred to me after arriving in Washington, D.C. many years ago that at its heart, being a member of Congress meant never being entirely satisfied. Read More
OPINION: It’s now or never for Congress to cut spending
Discretionary spending has risen by nearly $357 billion — a 26 percent jump to $1.7 trillion — since fiscal year 2019, according to data compiled by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Read More
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