...command center for the operation—sits directly in the middle of the room, right in the heart of the action. Bloomberg lifted the concept of the “bullpen environment” directly from his company, Bloomberg L.P. During his twenty years at the helm, Bloomberg built the company into a multi-billion dollar global conglomerate, increasing his personal worth to $4 billion. But in 2002, after 35 years of private-sector experience and with no political cred...
The United States’ national deficit exceeds $13 trillion—over $42,000 per US resident. With U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) at $14 trillion in 2009, our debt-to-GDP ratio is 93 percent and growing. Japan enjoyed 90 percent debt-to-GDP levels in 1995. Following two decades of stagnant growth, Japan now risks exceeding 190 percent. 15 years from now, America’s Debt-to-GDP ratio may double as well. While debt-to-GDP ratios are important to consid...
...of counterterrorist agents and set its number one priority to “protecting the United States from terrorist attack.” The total dollar amount spent on domestic counterterrorism has continued to climb ever since, and for fiscal year 2013, the Congressional Budget Office expects the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget to be $68.9 billion, or roughly $526 per household. Thousands of politicians and corporations have profited from this recent...
and specialized women’s health services such as pelvic exams and Pap tests. Congressman Pence and other supporters of the bill decried giving Planned Parenthood $368.2 million in federal and local funds within the last fiscal year as unethical solely because Planned Parenthood also offers its clients abortion services. However, Congressman Pence and other amendment supporters are assuming erroneously that the organization directly uses its federa...
...me the first U.S. city to provide health care to all its low-income inhabitants. That’s right, everyone—even illegal immigrants and the homeless. Healthy San Francisco, as the program is known, has been up and running for two years now, and so far, it’s doing relatively well. But perhaps the most surprising part of the whole endeavor is the complete lack of hysterical opposition. With all the political infighting and mass national hysteria that...
The Ryan plan: The millionaire’s best friend Last Thursday, the House of Representatives approved Paul Ryan’s budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year. Leaving aside the fact that it faces certain death in the still-Democratically-controlled Senate, there are reasons that it probably shouldn’t have passed in the first place. Principal among these is the proposal that came from the Congressional Black Caucus, which 75 Democrats voted against, d...
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