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Op-Ed: No Budget, No Pay - No Deal, No Break
Read morePolitico | February 5, 2013 Believe it or not, Democrats and Republicans sometimes come together and do something positive in Washington, and that has...
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More Economists in Favor of Smart Debt Reduction
Read moreA recent blog post by International Monetary Fund (IMF) economists Carlo Cottarelli and Philip Gerson on the IMF Direct blog highlights the importance...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg February 2013
Read moreFormer Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) comments on the partisanship in Washington, an issue that so far has been holding back attempts to reach a deal that...
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Op-Ed: A Compromise For the Nation
Read moreThe Hill | February 2, 2013 The president says he is going to spend the first few months of his second term traveling the country attacking...
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Doing More Than Just Hitting the Target
Read moreOur blog yesterday noted that the debate over stimulus versus deficit reduction is much more nuanced than is often portrayed. Although these positions...
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Joint Committee on Taxation Releases Latest Estimates of Tax Expenditures
Read moreUpdate: The link to the JCT report has been fixed. Today, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released their annual estimate of each individual and...
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MY VIEW: Rudy Penner February 2013
Read moreIn a Tax Policy Center blog, Urban Institute fellow and former CBO director Rudy Penner makes the case for going beyond the amount of deficit...
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Op-Ed: The Risks of Dumbing Down Fiscal Goals
Read moreTaxVox | February 1, 2013 In one of the more dangerous fiscal developments of recent months, some on the left are defining successful deficit...
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150 Ways to Reform Medicare
Read moreAt nearly $500 billion a year, Medicare is the costliest piece of the federal health care budget. As we’ve discussed before, Medicare spending and...
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Economists in Favor of Smart Deficit Reduction
Read moreA recent op-ed from Joe Scarborough in Politico has brought back attention to the stimulus vs. deficit reduction debate. Some commentators like Paul...
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Bowles: National Debt Threatens U.S. Innovation
Read moreIn an interview with Forbes contributor Henry Doss, former Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles explains just how our unsustainable debt...