Spending

No one will call the bill by its name. Why is that?

According to NRF.com the spending numbers are far from spooky this Halloween.

Eighty-two percent of people say they are not overspending on any non-essential items.

Flowers, cards, meals, and candy, the cost of romance is creating record spending this year.

While y'all are out spending more money than ever before, don't forget to buy your favorite radio DJ something!

That comes out to a little over $1,500 a year for 60 years.

Tax refund time used to be like a second Christmas but across Louisiana, it's turned into something a lot more solemn.

Chances are that if you're going to celebrate Valentine's Day you're not going to be spending nearly as much as you did last year.

Figures show that the average person ends up spending $688.62 on their children.

A slow but steady economic recovery is generating more tax revenue than many states had anticipated.

Overall income actually fell 0.1 percent following a 0.5 percent rise in September.

Parents plan to spend an average of $428 on back-to-school, down from about $600 last year.

Oh boy.  What a statement to make and now she is on record.  Mary Landrieu came out in the Senate and said the following, I am not going to keep cutting the discretionary budget, which by the way is not out of control, despite what you hear on Fox News...

Cassidy said, the President has an issue with you if you're a roustabout.

Claims are coming forward that Obama is actually spending less than other Presidents since the Korean War.  But is that true?  Not so much, according to a story on theblaze.com, which ran the numbers. He claims that he is only increasing the percentage of the budget by 1.4 pe...

After the GSA Las Vegas debacle it seems the 9th Circuit wants to join the waste party.

U.S. Senator David Vitter says he is very interested in a house colleague’s budget idea, but he says there is no way it will go anywhere in the Senate.

State Senator Mike Michot of Lafayette joined "Mornings With Ken & Bernie" to be the segment guest for this week's "Acadiana Live".

Washington, DC –U.S. Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-Southwest Louisiana) issued the following statement regarding the agreement to cut spending and fund the government and military through the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends September 30, 2011:

Senator David Vitter chats with Ken and Bernie about spending and gas prices on The Morning Report.