Jacqueline Leo
The Fiscal Times
New York, NY, United States
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A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over
A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (see figure 1). "This indicates that, by our calculations, nearly a full decade after the start of the recession, employment has returned to its demographically adjusted pre-recession level. This does… → Read More
The Real Legacy of the US Wars in the Mideast — Never-Ending Debt
The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could be as high as $6 trillion, including medical and disability care for vets and all their families and a host of other expenses such as rising interest charges on the debt that finances military operations. → Read More
Do Demographics Dictate Economic Destiny?
A new Morning Consult poll suggests that fewer Americans are spending their tax refunds. Instead, they’re socking the money away or paying off debt. → Read More
Time to Think Twice About Those Tax Cuts and the Deficit
The talk today is all about the Trump administration’s one-page massive tax reform plan, which The New York Times’ 5-column headline calls, “Tax Overhaul Would Aid Wealthiest.” That statement comes from eliminating two controversial taxes aimed directly at the wealthy – the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) and the estate tax (known as the “death tax” among some). → Read More
Here's How Much the Mother of All Bombs Costs
The United States Defense Department likes to show off. → Read More
Here's What Firing 59 Tomahawk Missiles at Syria's Airfield Cost
Sarin gas is a horrible nerve agent that should never be used on human beings. → Read More
Is the US About to Turn Up the Heat on North Korea?
America’s pivot to Asia under the Obama administration has developed sharper elbows un → Read More
Why Trump Shouldn’t Give the Pentagon Another Dime
President Trump wants to spend billions more on the military, but a close look at Pentagon spending indicates that there are plenty of reasons to snap the purse closed. → Read More
Workers from 12 Federal Agencies Admit to Watching Porn While on the Job
Maybe Trump is right. Maybe a smaller federal workforce can be just as efficient as the 2.8 million people who work for the executive branch. The proof comes from an investigation by 4 Washington, a local NBC News TV station in Washington, D.C., which used the Freedom of Information Act to access cases of workers viewing pornography while on the job. → Read More
Why a Small Interest Rate Hike Means a $50 Billion Hit to the Federal Budget
If you think about it, the Federal Government has an adjustable rate mortgage on its n → Read More
Trump’s Historically Low Approval Rating Proves One Thing – He’s Doing It His Way
It may be no surprise to the majority of Americans that Donald Trump’s job approval ra → Read More
Why Is a Russian Spy Ship Hovering Near the East Coast?
It looks like the Russians are taking a page out the Nazi playbook. → Read More
Can This New Helmet Prevent Head Injuries and Save Football, Inc?
The National Football League took in $13 billion in revenue in 2016, nearly three times as much as the NBA and 37 percent more than Major League Baseball. The NFL’s commissioner and chief negotiator, Roger Goodell, the guy reviled Tom Brady and network television CEOs alike, made a salary of nearly $32 million in 2015, not including his massive expense account. With the big money dangling like a… → Read More
The Hidden Messages Behind Trump’s Evolving Signature
Whether you believe in handwriting analysis or not, it’s fun to hear how graphologists → Read More
ISIS Has a Brand New Weapon — and You Can Buy It at Amazon
After four bloody and brutal months, ISIS is on the verge of defeat in Mosul, Iraq’s s → Read More
9 Things to Know About Trump's Pick for CIA Director, Mike Pompeo
President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for advisors so far have leaned hard to the right → Read More
A New Technology Sees Through Walls
A little over five years ago, when Navy SEALS entered Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, they knew exactly where to go, how many people were in the compound, what weapons were there, and whether the place had been booby trapped. They didn’t have a mole inside or a secret agent feeding them information, and they didn’t have cameras or other hidden equipment inside the compound.… → Read More
The IRS Spent $12 Million on Software It Couldn’t Possibly Use
The first thing that even a child knows before s/he asks for a new video game for her → Read More
Robots Muscle in on the Gig Economy
You can forget about your teenager getting that after-school job to help pay for colle → Read More
The New War on Drugs: How to Fight Back When Big Pharma Goes Too Far
When the Occupy Wall Street movement emerged as the voice of the “99 percent” of Ameri → Read More