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Gene Steuerle: How To Design Tax Reform: 8 Lessons From 1986
Read moreSaying that one is for tax reform doesn’t provide much information about what is being sought or how to do it.
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Maya MacGuineas: Revenue Neutral, Gimmick Free Tax Reform Is Hard -- And Worth It
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Maya MacGuineas: $20 Trillion in National Debt Is a Big Deal
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Why Did Debt Jump $318 Billion in One Day?
Read moreOn September 8, 2017, gross U.S. debt increased almost $318 billion after President Trump signed legislation temporarily suspending the debt limit as...
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Sanders to Introduce Single-Payer Bill – How Much Will It Cost?
Read moreTomorrow, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is expected to introduce a single-payer health care bill (“Medicare for All”). The legislation also has...
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ARCHIVE: Q&A: Gross Debt Versus Debt Held by the Public
Read moreOn September 8, the federal government's gross debt exceeded $20 trillion for the first time. This mark serves as an important reminder of the nation...
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Maya MacGuineas: Don’t Get Rid of the Debt Ceiling. Reform It.
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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The Republican Study Committee's Budget "Securing America's Future Economy"
Read moreAs the House and Senate move forward in considering the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget over the next few weeks, the Republican Study Committee (RSC)...
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Are Today's Seniors Facing a "Retirement Crisis?" Not Really
Read moreNumerous headlines have claimed that we are facing a “retirement crisis,” and that most Americans are not saving enough to maintain their standard of...
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Ed Rendell and Judd Gregg: Playing Politics with the Nation’s Financial Future
Read moreEd Rendell and Judd Gregg are co-chairs of the Fix the Debt Campaign, a project of CRFB. Judd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire...
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Marc Goldwein: National Debt: Yes, Rising Annual Deficits Threaten the U.S. Economy
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote a column...
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Maya MacGuineas: GOP Considering a Half-Trillion-Dollar Tax-Reform Trick
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...