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Mandatory Christmas Music? | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:06:00 -0500

She told New America Foundation: "We were having Christmas without Jesus." The problem is, the draft doesn't explain the difference between a Christmas song ...

Public Option Gains Traction | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:55:00 -0400

"Those are all elements that one could easily fashion into an outcome that would seem to be elegant," said economist Len Nichols of the New America Foundation ...

What Are We Not Asking About Health Care reform? | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:51:00 -0400

Today, US Budget Watch released detailed summaries of the health care reform bills under consideration by Congress, and explained how the goals of reform ...

UN Security Council Adopts Nuclear Resolution | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:43:00 -0400

Jeffrey Lewis, a nonproliferation expert at the New America Foundation, said the UN resolution would represent significant international support for Obama's ...

Four Stimulus Breaks Due to Run Out at Year End | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:44:00 -0400

... stimulus provisions, but not without "real macroeconomic risks," says Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

Clear, Nonpartisan Analysis from Budget Office | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:14:00 -0400

... more than three-quarters would do the opposite, says Marc Goldwein, policy director with the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

Lifetime Savings Accounts Plan Could Liberate Future Generations | San Francisco Examiner

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:18:00 -0400

What if every child started out in life with his or her own personal savings program for college, for first-time home purchases and for retirement?

A savings program started at birth has more years to earn and accumulate interest, resulting in a bigger nest egg through time. Granting every child such an opportunity would result in broader and more equal ownership of savings and capital for each citizen. Such widespread capital ownership would empower and liberate every American in their personal pursuit of happiness and the American Dream.

Newsom Raids Public Financing Fund to Help Balance Budget | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:42:00 -0400

And worse, Newsom's opaque accounting amounts to "budgetary jujitsu," said Steven Hill, an avocate of reform in elections who works for the New America Foundation. He said he's skeptical the money will be paid back. "You don't undermine the ...

Bay Area Dems Invited to White House for Swiss Cheese Paygo | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:53:00 -0400

"This is like quitting drinking, but making an exception for beer and hard liquor," said Maya MacGuineas, head of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The exemptions increase the deficit by at least $2.5 trillion over ten years, ...

Pop-Up: a Magazine, a Party, Both or Neither? | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:11:00 -0400

As conceived by writer and New America Foundation fellow Douglas McGray (billed as editor in chief), Curiosity Shoppe owners Derek Fagerstrom and Lauren Smith (creative directors), designer Maili Holiman (design director) and New Yorker contributor ...