Tell Congress: No Deal, No Break

30% (13% people answered this) 25% (11% people answered this) 15% (38% people answered this) No Limit (36% people answered this) 741 people answered. ---------- Correct answer is: No Limit There is no limit on how much of the federal budget is…Read More

$11.8 trillion (about $37,600 per person) (11% people answered this) $16.7 trillion (about $53,000 per person) (35% people answered this) $33.4 trillion (about $106,400 per person) (21% people answered this) $71.6 trillion (about $228,000 per person)…Read More

$750 (4% people answered this) $3,200 (10% people answered this) $11,500 (26% people answered this) $46,300 (58% people answered this) 406 people answered. ---------- Correct answer is: $11,500 We'd say that's a poor return on investment. Since…Read More

88.5% (231 days) (9% people answered this) 59.7% (156 days) (14% people answered this) 49.5% (128 days) (30% people answered this) 29.9% (78 days) (45% people answered this) 1742 people answered. ---------- Correct answer is: 49.5% (128 days) …Read More

Zero - I don't get any days off! (74% people answered this) One - I get President's Day off. (22% people answered this) Five - I get the whole week off, just like Congress! (2% people answered this) 599 people voted. Tell Congress: No Deal, No Break…Read More

A special report and interactive map created by the Herald Tribune shows the trips, many at taxpayer expense, members of Congress took during the 2012 calendar year. There were limited explanations for the trips, which cost more than $1.5 million in 2012, and…Read More

Research shows that high levels of debt correlate with slower economic growth.       There are four main reasons for this.  1. High government debt crowds out private investment by taking up resources that could be used by the private sector. High deficits…Read More