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Auerbach-Gale Projections Also Show Unsustainable Debt Picture
Read moreAlan Auerbach and William Gale at the Tax Policy Center recently released their frequently-updated budget projections. Their new outlook is familiar...
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Ways & Means Committee Keeps Cutting Taxes, Adding to Debt
Read moreThe House Ways & Means Committee today approved tax and health breaks costing nearly $420 billion over ten years, or almost $520 billion with interest...
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How to Get This Year's Budget Process Back on Track
Read moreOn October 1, lawmakers will have to pass new appropriations or a continuing resolution, or the government will shut down for the second time in two...
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Sequester Offset Solutions (SOS) Plan
Read moreDownload a 1-page summary of the plan. Update 9/16/2015: The appendix was corrected to accurately describe the proposed change to federal employee...
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Governor Bush Releases Tax Reform Plan
Read morePresidential candidate Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) announced his tax reform plan to trim deductions and lower tax rates yesterday. It is one part of his...
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Can Tax Reform Substantially Accelerate Economic Growth?
Read moreSince the 2016 Presidential campaign began, a number of candidates have touted tax reform – either overhauling or replacing the current income tax –...
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NYT's Tritch Misses the Mark on SSDI Funding Options
Read moreThe New York Times Editorial Board's Teresa Tritch posted a piece last week on short-term solutions to avert next year's depletion of the Social...
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Maya MacGuineas: Protecting the Legacy of Social Security for Future Generations
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post for the Social Security Administration's blog. It is...
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Washington Post Defends the Cadillac Tax
Read moreThe Washington Post published an editorial Sunday defending the “Cadillac tax,” a part of the Affordable Care Act, in the face of a legislative effort...
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Congress Might Gladly Pay You in 2022 for Sequester Relief Today
Read moreA recent press report (paywall) indicates that Republicans may be looking to pay for increased defense spending next year by promising defense cuts...
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Most of Deficit's Decline Because Tax Breaks Aren't Included
Read moreMuch of the press coverage of the updated projections issued by the Congressional Budget Office last week focused on the fact that the deficit would...
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Growing Health & Interest Spending to Overwhelm Flat Revenue
Read moreCBO's recent budget projections show debt growing in the latter half of the decade as deficits widen. Entitlement spending will continue to grow as a...