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Alan Simpson Appears on the Daily Show
Read moreFiscal Commission co-chair Alan Simpson appeared last night on "The Daily Show" to talk about the fiscal cliff and the national debt. And of course...
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MY VIEW: David Walker December 2012
Read moreFormer U.S. Comptroller General David Walker writes in today's Politico that not all of the attention should be on the upcoming fiscal cliff - we also...
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Op-Ed: Fiscal Cliff Deal: What We Need
Read morePolitico | December 6, 2012 When is a fiscal deal different from a Grand Bargain? When we talk about the solutions to two important and related...
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Taxpayers for Common Sense Lay Out Their Plan
Read moreYesterday, Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV...
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"Fixing the Debt: Reforming the Tax Code and Federal Health Spending" Recap
Read moreYesterday, the Fix the Debt Campaign had a event with two roundtables bringing together many health policy and tax experts from across the political...
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Line Items: December Doldrums Edition
Read moreBlue Christmas? – December can be a depressing time for many. Shorter days and the stress of the holidays affect many of us. Unfortunately, the news...
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Fiscal Cliff Watch: Offers Begin to Emerge
Read moreUPDATE: Debt numbers in table have been slightly altered since the original posting. With now less than a month before the country would go over the...
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Myth Buster: Other Plans are Much Worse Than the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreWe've shown that there a plenty of reasons to not go over the fiscal cliff, including that it implements fiscal consolidation in an abrupt and blunt...
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Think Tanks Bring Ideas to the Table
Read moreJust as President Obama and the Republican leadership are trading offers, three think tanks--the Heritage Foundation, the Center for American Progress...
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MacGuineas and Weinstein on the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreCRFB President Maya MacGuineas joined Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics on "Face the Nation" this Sunday discussing the Fix the Debt campaign and the...
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The Tax Math of the Fiscal Cliff Discussion
Read moreIn a blog post on the White House's website, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling and Deputy Director Jason Furman argue that the math of...
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Watch Live: "Fixing the Debt: Reforming the Tax Code and Federal Health Spending"
Read moreTomorrow, the Campaign to Fix the Debt will be hosting a half-day event that will bring together tax, health, and budget experts for a series of...