by smw | Nov 27, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
The so-called supercommittee to reduce the federal deficit has turned out not to be so super, after announcing this week a failure to meet a deadline to cut $1.2 trillion from the budget over the next 10 years. So what happens now? Theoretically and legally, for now,...
by smw | Nov 27, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Girls draped in bright, traditional fabrics and silver beads tossed tennis balls to boys in Aeropostale and PacSun sweatshirts as Hmong and English words blended together in the Appleton East High School cafeteria.More than 1,500 people attended the Fox Cities Hmong...
by smw | Nov 22, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Gridlock turns to failure as the bipartisan committee charged with cutting more than a trillion dollars from the nation’s budget over the next decade says an agreement won’t be reached.The collapse means automatic, across-the-board cuts to military and...
by smw | Nov 22, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
At least some financial experts were not surprised that the congressional “Super-Committee” could not meet Monday’s deadline to strike a deal on cutting the national debt. It was blamed for a subsequent drop of 248 points in the Dow Jones Industrial...
by smw | Nov 22, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
The U.S. national debt topped $15 trillion for the first time last week, prompting an outcry from Republican lawmakers and underscoring the perilous financial state the nation is in. Not only is the national debt at a historic high, its growth is accelerating at an...
