How Many Americans Go Hungry?
By James D. Agresti February 16, 2012 While arguing that safety-net programs should be strengthened because they don’t do an
Read moreFive Vital Facts About Obama’s Contraception Compromise
By James D. Agresti February 13, 2012 After the president’s Friday press conference regarding his contraception mandate, a number of
Read moreIs the Obama Administration Forcing People to Pay for Abortion-Inducing Drugs?
By James D. Agresti February 7, 2012 Revised 2/9/12 The 2010 Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) gives presidential appointees at
Read moreReuters’ Definition of “Lower Income”
By James D. Agresti February 1, 2012 While describing a Congressional Budget Office report that projects government spending on healthcare
Read moreFactCheck.org’s Double Standards on the Stimulus
By James D. Agresti and Schuyler Dugle January 20, 2012 FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center
Read morePaul Krugman’s Claims About the Dangers of Government Debt
By James D. Agresti January 9, 2012 Correction appended In a New York Times column entitled “Nobody Understands Debt,” Nobel
Read moreObama’s Plan for Tackling the Deficit
By James D. Agresti December 31, 2011 Revised 11/8/12 During a recent interview on 60 Minutes, Barack Obama stated that
Read moreHappy Holidays, You Owe the Federal Government $195,554
By James D. Agresti December 23, 2011 Revised 12/26/11 On the Friday before Christmas weekend, the U.S. Treasury released its
Read moreWhat Portion of the Federal Budget Is Spent on the Military?
By James D. Agresti December 12, 2011 Writing in The Nation, John Nichols asserts that “the place to begin” for
Read moreThe Payroll Tax Holiday Does Not Impact Social Security, but It Does Redistribute Wealth
By James D. Agresti December 7, 2011 NPR is reporting, “The payroll tax holiday that Congress approved a year ago
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