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Five Fiscal Plans for Consideration
Read moreToday, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation held a follow-up event to its 2011 Solutions Initiative, in which policy organizations presented plans to deal... -
Op-Ed: Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Is Good Policy—If You Like Unemployment
Read moreU.S. News and World Report | November 16, 2012 Don't even think about it! Falling off the fiscal cliff would be an economic disaster for the United... -
Softening the Blow on the Charitable Deduction
Read moreIn a new paper yesterday, we showed how policymakers could raise revenue exclusively from higher earners without increasing rates. Specifically, we... -
Report: Raising Revenue From High Earners Through Base Broadening
Read moreUpdate (12/12/12): Figure 1 has been corrected from an earlier version that was based on estimates that "stacked" the provision to tax dividends as... -
The Administrative Side of the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreYesterday's The Hill reported on a letter that acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller sent to the heads of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance... -
VP Meets Mayors in Hopes of Averting Fiscal Cliff
Read moreA couple of months ago, The United States Conference of Mayors, through a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 149 mayors across the country, called... -
MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas November 14 2012
Read moreToday, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas writes in The Hill that with the election now over, politicians can and should turn their attention to what... -
Op-Ed: Now that the Election is Over, Let’s Fix the Country’s Debt Woes
Read moreThe Hill | November 14, 2012 The election is over, the ballots have been counted and the TV commercials approved by the various candidates are... -
Just Say No to the War Gimmick
Read moreLast week, a letter from six organizations--the AARP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American... -
The Danger of a Fiscal Cliff Dive
Read moreAs the President, Congress, business, labor, and other civic leaders meet this week to discuss a "Grand Bargain" on the fiscal cliff and our... -
Line Items: Service Edition
Read moreAnswering the Call – Today is the federal government's observance of Veterans Day, the day the nation honors those who have served in the armed forces... -
Millennials Call for a Comprehensive Debt Deal
Read moreThe generational burden of debt is one of the best arguments for millennials to get involved with the issue of deficits and debt. We've noticed many...