The Deficit
Messing With Medicare
By PAUL KRUGMAN, Op-Ed Columnist
At the time of writing, President Obama’s hoped-for “Grand Bargain” with Republicans is apparently dead.
All eyes now on Boehner and Reid
With markets waking, Washington’s debt standoff worsened significantly Sunday amid recriminations and distrust just eight days before the real threat on an unprecedented default. Read more...
Obama and the other deficit
Hours before the negotiations on the debt limit between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner collapsed, political reporters received a missive from Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign that served as a reminder of how irrelevant this kerfuffle might feel next year. Read more...
