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Op-Ed: "Blank Slate" Key to Tax Reform
Read morePOLITICO | July 22, 2013 In the quarter century since Congress last reformed the Tax Code, back in 1986, it seems Washington has worked overtime to... -
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Fiscal Implications of Rising Market Pressures
Read moreIn a recently released IMF working paper, economists Salvatore Dell’Erba, Todd Mattina, and Agustin Roitman looked into the precursors of fiscal... -
The Student Loan Agreement: Not a Bad Deal for Students
Read moreYesterday, CRFB praised the recent bipartisan agreement to enact a permanent fix for student loans instead of another temporary and costly solution... -
Fix the Debt Hosts National Fly-In
Read moreThis week Fix the Debt supporters from around the country visited Washington, DC to ask their representatives to work together and address the... -
MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein July 2013
Read moreShould Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) be trimmed? In a recently released CQ Researcher Report focusing on government spending... -
Op-Ed: Should Social Security Cost-of-Living Increases be Trimmed?
Read moreCQ Researcher | July 18, 2013 Should we measure inflation as accurately as possible? Of course we should, particularly when the fiscal implications of... -
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The Student Loan Saga Ends?
Read moreAfter weeks of deliberation and two and a half weeks after a key deadline passed, we finally have a deal on student loans. A bipartisan group of... -
Retargeting Tax Expenditures
Read moreAs Senator Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-MI) continue to work through tax reform using their "blank slate"... -
Boskin Underscores the Need for DI Reform
Read moreWith all of the new developments in tax reform it may be easy to forget about entitlements. But Michael Boskin, former chairman of the Council of... -
Thinking Broadly: TPC's Analysis of Limits on Tax Expenditures
Read moreThere is a clear consensus across the political spectrum that reforming the tax system will require going after the many tax expenditures that litter...