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Mark Zandi Joins Announcement Effect Club
Read moreYesterday, Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi penned an article in Politico about the various possible outcomes of the looming Super...
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My View: Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles
Read moreToday in the Washington Post, Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs and CRFB Board Members Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles wrote an op-ed titled, "The Super...
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Op-Ed: Debt Reduction Done Right: An Economic Growth Strategy That Will Work
Read moreRipon Forum | November 16, 2011 The coming months will be filled with arguments over whether we as a nation should be focusing on fixing the jobs...
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Roll Call Highlights CRFB's Commitment to a Bipartisan Solution
Read moreIt's clear that any solution to control our rising debt will have to be bipartisan, not only to enact savings put to see them through and ensure they...
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Let's Add on Instead of Claw-Back
Read moreYou might think we're about to talk about Social Security reform or how to reform the Sustainable Growth Rate. But what we're actually talking about...
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‘Line’ Items: Go (Big) Time Edition
Read moreTime is Short and We Need to Go Long – The clock is ticking on the Super Committee as its November 23 deadline is now just a week and a half away. It...
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Again on the Facts of the Chained CPI
Read moreIt's amazing how sequences in Washington can repeat themselves. Back in June, when switching to the chained CPI was talked about as an option in the...
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Revisiting the Feldstein-Feenberg-MacGuineas Cap
Read moreBoth parties are studying cuts in tax expenditures (TEs) as a means to reduce the federal deficit. Super Committee Republicans have offered a proposal...
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CRFB's Go Big Resource Page for Citizens
Read moreHow does an average American get more involved in the Go Big effort? Today, CRFB posted a Citizens' Resource Page to answer just that. As you can...
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Democrats and Republicans Making Efforts Toward a Deal
Read moreThis week has seen the emergence of another set of broad outlines from the Democrats and Republicans on the Super Committee, in a process that is...