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Sea of Red Ink: How It Spread From a Puddle
June 9th, 2009 by ProvoBoy | No Comments | Filed in David Leonhardt, Federal Deficit, New York Times, Obama, Spending, Taxes, governmentThere are two basic truths about the enormous deficits that the federal government will run in the coming years.
The first is that President Obama’s agenda, ambitious as it may be, is responsible for only a sliver of the deficits, despite what many of his Republican critics are saying. The second is that Mr. Obama does not have a realistic plan for eliminating the deficit, despite what his advisers have suggested.
To understand the looming deficits, The New York Times analyzed Congressional Budget Office projections of the budget surplus or deficit for the years 2009-12, President Obama’s current term. The budget office has been making estimates for these years for nearly a decade now. The numbers that appear below are the average annual deficit or surplus for this four-year period.
In Utah, a National Debate About the G.O.P. Plays Out on a Smaller Stage
May 24th, 2009 by ProvoBoy | No Comments | Filed in John Huntsman Jr., Obama, Politics, Utah, government
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. of Utah in his office in Salt Lake City in March. He has been chosen by President Obama to be the next ambassador to China.
Kirk Johnson of the New York Times writes about Utah Governor Huntsman and the current state of the GOP.
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has made waves in Utah by suggesting that the Republican party must move toward the center. With his support for President Obama’s economic stimulus plan, his successful effort to ease the state’s method of regulating liquor sales and his advocacy of civil unions to protect same-sex couples, Mr. Huntsman ignited a debate over what the Republican Party here should be.
Obama Taps GOP’s Huntsman for China Envoy Post.
May 16th, 2009 by ProvoBoy | No Comments | Filed in John Huntsman Jr., News, Obama, Politics, Utah, government
President Obama today chose Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. (R) as his choice for ambassador to China, tapping a moderate Republican governor to be his envoy to the world’s largest country…
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