Let's Get Specific
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Jon Stewart Balances the Budget
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart spent part of the episode talking about our favorite topic: how to fix the federal budget. Needless to say...
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The Center for American Progress Gets Specific
Today, the Center for American Progress released a plan to get specific on our growing deficits and debt. Or, rather, they've released five...
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'Our Fiscal Security' Gets Specific
You might have missed it last week if you were preparing to chow down on some turkey, but Our Fiscal Security (OFS)--a joint project of the Economic...
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Experts Get Specific for New York Times
Yesterday, in the pages of the New York Times , CRFB President Maya MacGuineas joined 15 other experts in proposing how one might begin to cut the...
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We Can All Throw Stones, But Let's Throw Ideas Too
We at CRFB have had our morning coffee and are trying to find ways to make the Fiscal Commission’s co-chair proposal better. CRFB president Maya...
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Some Reactions to the Co-Chairs' Proposal
With the unexpected release of the draft proposal from the co-chairs of the President’s fiscal commission, the naysayers have come out of the woodwork...
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Fiscal Commission Targets Federal Spending
Continuing our analysis of the President’s Fiscal Commission Draft Report , let's look at what the Co-Chair proposal does on the spending side of the...
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The Fiscal Commission Gets Specific!
In a move much earlier than we expected, the Co-Chairs of the White House Fiscal Commission released their plan on how to get control of our national...
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Spending Challenge: Heritage Foundation's $343 Billion Proposal
The Heritage Foundation recently came out with a detailed paper with over $300 billion in spending cuts that can be put in place in FY 2012. Their...
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Health Care and Taxes
The Bottom Line presents the next installment in our series highlighting our Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates leading up to Election Day. 7...
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Social Security and National Security
The Bottom Line continues its blog series highlighting our Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates ahead of the mid-term elections. 5. Strengthening...
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NTU, US PIRG and Heritage Get Specific
Yesterday was a big day for getting specific as the National Taxpayers Union and the United States Public Interest Research Group , as well as the...