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MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle October 2012
Read moreUrban Institute Fellow and CRFB Board Member Gene Steuerle points out the great confusion in the recent Medicare debate. Both President Obama and...
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Op-Ed: An Extremely Mucked Up Medicare Debate
Read moreGovernment We Deserve | October 29, 2012 Medicare is taking on a primary role in the presidential race. The discussion often turns to whether the...
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Line Items: Frankenstorm Edition
Read moreStorm Brewing – The Northeastern U.S. is being impacted by the freak concurrence of several major storms that has caused major population centers like...
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Tax Reform is Very Hard
Read moreRecently, we released an analysis demonstrating that it is indeed possible to substantially reduce tax rates while still cutting the deficit. Despite...
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Could We Go Bungee Jumping Off the Fiscal Cliff?
Read moreIt is a point of consensus among those following the budget that the fiscal cliff would likely be very damaging for the economy in the short term...
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Campaign to Fix the Debt at the New York Stock Exchange
Read moreToday, our own CRFB President Maya MacGuineas, rang the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to convene trading for the day, joined by...
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Medicaid Spending Growth At "Near-Record Low" for FY 2012
Read moreThough it seems we are far away from reaching a comprehensive debt deal, we can, at least for the moment, breathe a little sigh of relief. A recent...
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CRFB President Maya MacGuineas One of "25 Women to Watch"
Read moreToday, The Hill released its list of the " 25 Women to Watch," featuring rising stars in the political world, including Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)...
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Medicaid Physician Payments Add to Year-End Uncertainty
Read moreWhen we talk about policy uncertainty these days, most of the time we are referring to the fiscal cliff. However, several other policies remain in...
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President Obama Comments on the Possibility of a Grand Bargain
Read moreIn an initially off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register, President Obama outlined his vision for his second term. As you would expect...
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Fact-Checking the Final Debate
Read moreWe did not live fact check the debate last night, but the debate did include a little bit of fiscal policy, which is not surprising considering the...
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Getting Closer: Fiscal Cliff Number One Concern for Investors
Read moreWonkblog's Suzy Khimm reports on two new surveys showing that investor concern over the fiscal cliff has well overtaken their concern about Europe's...