I mean, I think the rating agencies are able to look at the liabilities there and the liabilities on bonds and make informed decisions.
It is really up to the Governors and, I would say, mayors, which have actually a larger amount of the debt out there tha...
it would impact direct services and potential services that local governments could provide because their ability to bor...
I would echo what Senator Wyden said in regards to tax reform.
the big chunk of our retirement funds--I can tell you, as a former mayor, we invested in U.S. securities all the time be...
if we have those discussions, we may have assumptions that we can lay down, but then we at least can know what those num...
the process of a CR is damaging and is irresponsible.
I think the idea of a summit is fine, but I really believe that the role of the Budget Committee should--as a former may...
We need to move forward on a real plan.
we have to re-examine what is the right approach.
we cannot afford to be on the track we are on financially for this country because at the end of the day we will hit a b...