Budget

We should climb down the fiscal cliff slowly and carefully, with the clear goal of achieving a fairer, more balanced federal budget.

At the center of their proposal are big cuts in Social Security and Medicare.

The cost of Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts was, as estimated to be roughly $2.5 trillion through 2010.

California is in deep trouble because it has a dysfunctional system of government. Much of the problem can be change by one sentence.

We can't afford the plan? That is a whopper. It's all choice.