From a post at the Big Picture Of course, some of us understand how much of the so-called reduction is still ideological crappola. The best example being suggestions on modifying social security. You could remove social Security, SSA, entirely from the budget and nothing would change in the deficit. SSA pays for itself, has years [...]

  Despite the economy and jobs being the number one issue heading into the 2012 presidential election, social issues have their place. To some, social issues are on the top of the list of important topics. Abortion has been an important social issues for years and as the religious right continues to take over the [...]

I’ve put together a chart to showcase economic growth as defined by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve by state.  This chart takes a look at the Philadelphia index from December of 2010 and compare it to December of 2011.  The rate of change is then ranked and the graph showcases the rate of change year over [...]