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What Do the Candidates' Plans Look Like in 2017?
Read moreThe U.S. Budget Watch report " Primary Numbers: The GOP Candidates and the National Debt" has generated a lot of buzz since its release last Thursday...
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Fiscal Policy Enters Campaign Debate
Read moreSeveral developments this week give us hope that this election season will offer some much-needed focus on fiscal policy. Although exit/entrance polls...
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President Obama's Corporate Tax Reform Plan
Read moreTrue to this year's State of the Union address, the Obama Administration released a proposal Wednesday that seeks to lower the corporate tax rate from...
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Primary Numbers: The GOP Candidates and the National Debt
Read moreThe United States faces a number of serious fiscal and economic challenges. Federal budget deficits are projected for the foreseeable future, the...
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U.S. Budget Watch Releases Paper and Event on GOP Candidates and the Debt
Read moreThis morning, CRFB’s U.S. Budget Watch project will unveil Primary Colors: The GOP Candidates and the National Debt, a study of the policy proposals...
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CRFB Kicks Off National Debt Tour Today at Harvard
Read moreUpdate: Watch the live stream below. Today in Boston, CRFB kicks off a national tour of policymakers, fiscal experts, and business leaders as part of...
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What Would the GOP Candidates do to the DEBT? Find out Thursday at CRFB
Read morePresident Obama’s campaign made a splash this morning with their claims that Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney would dramatically increase the national...
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Going Long: OMB's 75-Year Projections
Read moreIn our paper on the President's budget, we noted that the budget would only temporarily stabilize the debt as a percent of GDP. In fact, it would rise...
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Line Items: Presidential Edition
Read moreHappy Presidents Day – As we honor those who have led this country, the race to become the next in that line is becoming more heated. And federal...
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A Closer Look at the President's Tax Policy
Read moreThis week, in our blog series on the President's budget, we have talked about the overall numbers in the President's budget and the amount of savings...
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Coburn and Burr Add to Medicare Discussion
Read moreSenators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC) came out with a Medicare proposal today that adds to the list of plans out there to rein in the...
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CRFB Analysis of the President's 2013 Budget
Read moreSince the release of the President’s FY 2013 budget on Monday, CRFB has provided coverage of the President’s proposal through our FY 2013 blog series...