Author Archive
Jeff Shear
Magazine
Promises, Promises
Once again, Congress and the President will try to balance the budget by slicing more out of nondefense discretionary spending. But there's not much meat left on those bones. The budget-meisters will try to spend and save. The result could be empty promises.
- National Journal and Jeff Shear
Magazine
Fiscal and Economic Policy: Making Ends Meet Won't Be Easy
Fiscal and Economic Policy: Making Ends Meet Won't Be Easy
- Julie Kosterlitz, National Journal, Ben Wildavsky and Jeff Shear
Magazine
Folded, Spindled . . .
Democrats, Republicans and even Ross Perot have vowed to transform--and perhaps eliminate--the IRS. They cite inefficient management, ineffective modernization, intrusive collection methods. Yet some critics also say that many of the agency's problems are not its fault.
- National Journal and Jeff Shear