Articles related to "National Deficit"

According to the US National Debt Clock, this morning's debt is $11,164,216,000,000.

If the government spends more money in a given fiscal year than it makes in revenue, it has a "deficit." The total of all the deficits is the "debt."

Bush snubs money for children's healthcare while asking for increases to military budget.

Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced the final Pre-Budget Report before next year's general election. What did it contain?

Getting kids to learn valuable lessons about life and money can be difficult. Paying them to learn helps accomplish both.

Nicknamed the"Well-Beloved",Louis' policies and debauched lifestyle contributed to the crisis that brought on the French Revolution.

Free versus fair trade; productivity and outsourcing; good or bad jobs; minimum wage vs. unemployment are opposing concepts indicative of American political principles.

The Publication of Thomas Paine's Common Sense may have been the pivotal event that galvanized colonial Englishmen into opposing the Crown and demanding independence.

The President has taken to appointing czars. Examining the current cabinet structure reveals existing positions that are overlapped with the appointment of czars.