On March 28, US president Joe Biden unveiled his 2023 budget proposal. It totals $5.8 trillion, which would bring federal spending and deficits back below their pandemic-era heights (although not back to 2019 levels). Biden’s ask comes to nearly $18,000 for every man, woman, and child in America.… Read more ...
Posts tagged as “federal budget”
NADER: Going for Big Watch on Big Budgets
By Ralph Nader on April 6, 2022 10:51 PM
What if $10 billion were raised over ten years for civic action to transform Congress and make it do what it should be doing for the people (See: Think Big to Overcome Losing Big to Corporatism 1/7/22)?
In a more recent column, Facilitating Civic and Political Energies for the Common Good 2/2/22, I started a series of columns to outline how $1 billion per year could be spent lobbying Congress for a people’s agenda.… Read more ...
Libertarian Presidential Candidates Quizzed On Federal Budget
By wredlich on February 1, 2012 11:58 PM
This email was sent on Jan 19 to the six Libertarian candidates who had so far accepted invitations to appear in debates:
Independent Political Report is asking the Libertarian Party presidential candidates for a preview of the 2013 budget they would send to Congress if elected.… Read more ...