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The Very Serious Paul Ryan Budget

By Unstable Isotope April 6, 20116 Comments

The very serious Paul Ryan released his magical deficit reduction plan yesterday. Cutting taxes = deficit reduction and ending Medicare = JOBS.

The Wilmington State of the City Tantrum

By cassandra_m March 25, 20112 Comments

Last night, Mayor Jim Baker of Wilmington was scheduled to deliver his annual State of the City Address to the City Council and the public. As always, he had prepared remarks and started with an overview of the state of the city's budget and his plan to deal with the budget shortfall. He pretty quickly abandoned those remarks to deliver an explosive tantrum at the Wilmington City Council, castigating them (and blaming them) for the increased tensions and difficulties in getting administration initiatives passed.

New State Budget Proposal

By Unstable Isotope March 24, 201110 Comments

The General Assembly and the Governor's office have released their plan on state worker benefits and pensions.

Fair & Balanced

By Unstable Isotope March 8, 201125 Comments

I've decided the media isn't really biased politically as we think of it, but biased by class.

First Look At The Governor’s Budget Proposal

By Unstable Isotope January 28, 201143 Comments

A first look at the Governor's proposed 2011 budget.

Look Who’s Back!

By Unstable Isotope January 26, 20118 Comments

Mike Protack wrote an op-ed about state pensions for yesterday's News Journal. Guess what his solution is (hint: it doesn't involve raising taxes).

Has Delaware’s 2010 Biggest Political Blunder Already Taken Place?

By El Somnambulo January 4, 201023 Comments

Unless there's an even bigger example of political and policy stupidity waiting in the wings, the answer is Yes, and it was announced in December of 2009. This example of…

Delaware Budget Hearing Dates Announced

By nemski October 29, 20093 Comments

State officials have announced November hearing dates for the FY 2011 budget cycle reports The Community News.

Why the Rightwing Jihad for Cutting Spending is a Loser

By cassandra_m September 21, 200913 Comments

Read every word of Bruce Bartlett's explanation. Bartlett goes into great detail on how "cutting spending" is a pipe dream -- either because the kind of stuff that conservatives always tell you they want to get gone won't do much to balance the budget or because there are not enough votes to get rid of it. He starts with showing how much control the President and Congress respectively have over spending and ends with busting the myths about how Reagan or Thatcher cut spending.