10 reasons to feel good about paying taxes
SLIDESHOW - Whether you are planning how to use your tax refund, writing a check for 2012 tax payments or filing an extension, here are some of the programs funded by your tax dollars..
State of the Union takeaways for black America
SLIDESHOW - President Obama hit the road Wednesday to stump for the ideas he outlined in his first State of the Union address of his second term the night before...
Does Generation X need a lobbyist?
theGRIO REPORT - When it comes to America's debt, Generation X who came late to the beer party and could be stuck with the entire tab...
Obama, Republicans wrangle over fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid increasing anxiety that the White House and top Republicans are wasting time as the government slides toward an economy-rattling 'fiscal cliff,' administration officials are heading to Capitol Hill for talks with congressional leaders...
How do we solve a problem like health care reform?
OPINION - It seems as if the Republican party, or at least Governor Romney himself, has finally latched onto the moral assertion that universal health care should be the goal of health reform...
Ryan draws boos, applause speaking to AARP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan drew boos and shouts of 'no' — but also scattered applause...
How Paul Ryan's plan could hurt your health
OPINION - The proposed changes to Medicaid and Medicare by congressman, and Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Paul Ryan will undoubtedly change the landscape of 24/7 emergency care...
Paul Ryan gives Romney a tax break
VIDEO - The Wisconsin congressman gave Mitt Romney a brief break from questions about his taxes after he was selected as the presidential candidate’s running mate...
Romney: 'I've never paid less than 13 percent' in taxes
GREER, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday that he has never paid less than 13 percent of his income in taxes during the past decade...
GOP's $700 billion Medicare rebuttal fail
OPINION - With the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running-mates, Republicans pumped up the enthusiasm of their base (and frankly, President Obama's.) But they also inherited Ryan's controversial budget 'road map'...
