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President Barack Obama wants your money now. Like, right now.

Obama is backing a new CPI that would lower statistically-reported inflation, increase income taxes and slow Social Security spending growth.

In case someone was visiting another planet the last two years, taxes on Earth are up, according to the OECD.

A group of House Democrats warned that they will vote against any deal that includes cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Sarah Palin wrote in a Facebook post that went viral on Tuesday that the U.S. government is stockpiling bullets in order to fend off any "civil unrest" that may result from the ongoing economic troubles facing Americans.

As the sequester looms, even Republican voters would prefer cuts to the once-hallowed defense budget.

The expiration of the U.S. payroll tax cut likely left consumers with 3.5% less personal disposable income in January.

China's government has rolled-out new tax reforms hoping to alleviate the nation's growing wealth gap while paving a path for sustainable economic growth.

Most Americans have banked less pay this month because of the end of the payroll-tax cut, and some who backed the president say they feel duped.

The report revealed a lackluster labor market, flat unemployment and a holiday shopping season that may have been a dud. What's the Fed to do?

U.S. Senate leaders were hammering out a last-minute deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" on Monday, but it's unclear if lawmakers will back it.

The GOP majority's determination to shield millionaires at all costs may push John Boehner off a cliff, too.

The impending crisis cuts has been simmering for months. Now it's reaching a boil. Merry Christmas!

Maybe others have lost all hope for a fiscal-cliff deal, but House Speaker John Boehner, despite his Plan B failure, has not.

President Barack Obama has agreed to curtail future cost-of-living hikes for Social Security and softened his demand for higher taxes on the rich in talks to avoid the ‘‘fiscal cliff,’’ people familiar with the talks said.

In one of our most recent presidential debates, the candidates argued over why it's in the best of interest of the United States to support the idea that cars destined to be sold in China need to be built in China.

The ideological divide is huge: If the two sides don’t compromise on fiscal issues, major damage will be inflicted on the U.S. and global economies.

The most feasible budget deal is one that spreads tax increases and spending cuts out over a longer time period.

Sans the hysteria, the U.S. budget situation is like a living room getting cooler, not a "fiscal cliff."

Right now, the hunt is on to find the “bad guy” in the story -- the villain who is making it too easy for people to get benefits.

The IOU that is being laid on the doorsteps of U.S. taxpayers in the form of the national debt is far greater than most Americans realize. That's because the federal government does not report the true size of the national debt -- now nearly $80 trillion.