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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...
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Event Recap: The Imperative of Entitlement Reform and Health Care Cost Control
Read moreIn the fourth and final event in the series Strengthening of America, "The Imperative of Entitlement and Health Care Cost Growth," former Members of...
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How the Fiscal Cliff Will Affect Taxpayers
Read moreUPDATE: Tax Policy Center also has a video in which TPC director Donald Marron walks through their findings. It is no secret that the fiscal cliff...
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Taxpayers for Common Sense's $2 Trillion Plan to Avoid the Sequester
Read moreYesterday the group Taxpayers for Common Sense released a report with over $2 trillion in deficit reduction. The report, "Sliding Past the Sequester,"...