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Jeff Shear

Magazine

Promises, Promises

Once again, Congress and the President will try to balance the budget by slicing more out of nondefense discretionary spending. But there's not much meat left on those bones. The budget-meisters will try to spend and save. The result could be empty promises.

Magazine

Fiscal and Economic Policy: Making Ends Meet Won't Be Easy

Fiscal and Economic Policy: Making Ends Meet Won't Be Easy

Magazine

Folded, Spindled . . .

Democrats, Republicans and even Ross Perot have vowed to transform--and perhaps eliminate--the IRS. They cite inefficient management, ineffective modernization, intrusive collection methods. Yet some critics also say that many of the agency's problems are not its fault.