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Would Raising the Retirement Age Crowd Out Young Workers?
Read moreOne of the criticisms of raising the retirement age is the belief that older workers delaying retirement may "crowd out" younger workers and cause...
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Van Hollen Sees Simpson-Bowles as the Framework for a Deal
Read moreFormer Super Committee member and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) indicated in a recent Bloomberg interview that the...
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Bob Pozen Offers Corporate Tax Proposal
Read moreMuch of the focus of broadening the tax base in tax reform is on tax expenditures. However, as both our corporate tax paper and our corporate tax...
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MY VIEW: David Walker October 2012
Read moreFormer U.S. Comptroller General and CRFB Board Member David Walker has been busy traveling across the country on Comeback America's fiscal...
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Op-Ed: Debt Clock Still Ticks On
Read moreThe Hill | October 3, 2012 Three weeks into the Comeback America Initiative’s almost five-week fiscal responsibility bus tour, it’s clear we have a...
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The Final Tally for 2012: $1.09 Trillion Deficit
Read moreCBO's final Monthly Budget Review for FY 2012 came out today, showing the (preliminary) final estimate for the deficit that year: $1.09 trillion, or 7...
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How a Cap on Deductions Might Work
Read moreUpdate: Clint Stretch at Capital Gains and Games sketches out possibilities for base broadening in Gov. Romney's plan. This week, Republican...
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MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle October 2012
Read moreEugene Steuerle has a tongue-in-cheek post in his "The Government We Deserve" blog on why Americans should choose him as President after last night's...
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Omissions and Clarifications From Our Fact-Checking
Read moreWe did our best to live fact-check the first presidential debate on Twitter, laying out the facts on fiscal issues. Of course, time constraints and...
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Op-Ed: Throwing My Hat in the Ring
Read moreThe Government We Deserve | October 4, 2012 My fellow Americans. Grave issues face this country. This year is unlike any other year. After listening...
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Check Out Our Live Fact-Checking of the First Presidential Debate!
Read moreThe wait is finally over. Tonight in Denver will be the first of the three presidential debates, and there will be an opportunity to hear directly...
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What Works and What Doesn't for Deficit Reduction
Read moreThe IMF's most recent World Economic Outlook has a very helpful chapter looking at six case studies on countries who have dealt with a high debt...