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Actually, Raising the Retirement Age Is Not Regressive
Read moreSome commentators have suggested that raising the retirement age would be regressive given that lower income recipients tend to have a lower life...
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Alarms Grow Louder as Fiscal Cliff Draws Closer
Read moreThis blog has been cross-posted at FixTheDebt.org. It may not be as popular as Justin Bieber, but the fiscal cliff is getting plenty of notice as of...
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Health Care Solutions that Work in the Real World
Read moreThis morning, the National Coalition on Health Care held a forum in the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Innovations in Health Care Delivery...
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Bipartisan Policy Center Releases a "Framework for a Grand Bargain"
Read moreWith Congress in recess until after the elections, a plan to replace the fiscal cliff with a comprehensive debt deal will have to get done during the...
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Gene Steuerle: Governing After Over-Promising
Read moreUrban Institute Fellow and CRFB board member Gene Steuerle laments the presidential candidates' overpromising this election season, particularly on...
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More Analysis of Gov. Romney's Deductions Cap
Read moreAfter we analyzed a part of it two weeks ago, Governor Mitt Romney's tax plan is back in the news, with a proposed deduction cap as the subject of a...
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Op-Ed: Governing After Over-Promising
Read moreThe Government We Deserve | October 18, 2012 For almost anyone following closely our presidential candidates’ statements, it is absolutely clear that...
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Coburn Releases the 2012 "Wastebook"
Read moreSenator Tom Coburn (R-OK) yesterday released his " Wastebook" for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. Coburn finds 100 examples...
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Revisiting Our Live Fact-Checking of the Second Presidential Debate
Read moreAs with the previous two debates (one presidential and one vice presidential), we will take an opportunity to go back and fact check some statements...
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Changes to Income-Based Repayment for Student Loans: "Safety Net or Windfall?"
Read moreOur colleagues Jason Delisle and Alex Holt of the New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project have released a new paper "Safety Net or...
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Fact Checking The Debates: Round III
Read moreTonight at 9 PM on the grounds of Hofstra University is the second presidential debate and the only debate with a town hall format. This will allow...
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MY VIEW: Tim Penny October 2012
Read moreFormer Congressman and CRFB Board Member Tim Penny (D-MN) writes in today's The Hill that even with both parties laying out different plans this...