Every federal budget is an exercise in trade-offs — especially budgets that aim to shrunk the deficit. Some programs get pared back. Others get protected or even expanded. Some taxpayers end up paying more, others pay less. So here’s a quick rundown of the biggest policy winners and losers in the White House’s $ 3.78… Read more »
Posts Tagged: losers
Sarah Palin: Americans ‘need to get outraged’ over green energy losers like Fisker
Signs of Solyndra? Fisker Lays Off 75 Percent of Employees abcn.ws/13YrtXB— ABC News (@ABC) April 05, 2013 Not even ABC News could overlook the obvious parallels between layoffs today at Fisker Automotive and another spectacular, high-profile failure of the Obama administration’s “green energy” push. Solyndra, which received a $ 535 million loan guarantee from the government,… Read more »
The losers of the latest budget deal: the FBI, the rural poor, the environment
Both Democrats and Republican leaders celebrated the passage of a short-term budget that averted a government shutdown while blunting some of the worst effects of sequestration. “I am so proud the Senate bill protects national security while meeting compelling human needs. It makes investments in human infrastructure like early childhood education,” Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.),… Read more »
CPAC 2013′s Winners and Losers
Another major conservative event means it’s that time again to evaluate who emerged shining… and who didn’t. Let’s take a look at the Top 5 winners and losers of CPAC 2013: WINNERS (in no particular order) 1) Rand Paul: Riding high off his filibuster, Rand Paul yet again is in top form, literally: he won… Read more »