Obama budget: Record spending, record deficit
Obama budget: Record spending, record deficit
Spelling out painful priorities, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Monday to quickly approve a huge new shot of spending for recession relief and job creation, part of a record $3.8 trillion budget that would boost the deficit beyond any in the nation’s history while only slowly beginning to put Americans back to work.
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Obama unveils 2011 budget with $3.83T in spending
Obama unveils 2011 budget with $3.83T in spending
President Barack Obama has sent Congress a multi-trillion-dollar spending plan seeking to attack double-digit unemployment and boosting this year’s federal deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion.
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U.S. Spending on Health Care Slowed in 2008
U.S. Spending on Health Care Slowed in 2008
Title: U.S. Spending on Health Care Slowed in 2008 Category: Health News Created: 1/5/2010 8:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/5/2010
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US health spending grew to $2.3 trillion in 2008
US health spending grew to $2.3 trillion in 2008
The recession dramatically slowed U.S. health care spending to $2.3 trillion in 2008, but it still grew much faster than the economy as a whole, accounting for more than 16 percent of the nation’s economic output, says a new federal analysis.
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Conservative group’s report slams Colorado spending
Conservative group’s report slams Colorado spending
A conservative policy group says Colorado is only one generation away from a California-type fiscal crisis, thanks to what it calls excessive taxation, uncontrollable spending and an environment hostile to job growth.
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