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CRFB Co-Chair Bill Frenzel to Host Online Chat
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Bill Frenzel will host an online chat conversation, tomorrow, run by the Brookings Institution... -
CRFB Co-Chair Bill Frenzel to Speak at Brookings
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Bill Frenzel is speaking about the budget deficit at The Brookings Institution tomorrow. Frenzel... -
Economic Crisis Puts Strain on Social Security
Read moreAs the Associated Press recently reported, Social Security has come under considerable strain as a result of the economic crisis. Payroll tax revenues... -
G-20 Summit's Fiscal and Financial News
Read moreIt would be easy to dismiss the recent G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh as just more political babble, more empty business as usual just among more countries... -
Comparing Health Care Plans: A Guide to Reform Proposals
Read moreWhile there is broad agreement that health reform is necessary, there is little consensus on what changes are needed. To help the public understand... -
Moody's Still Cautionary on U.S. Debt
Read moreFears over any near-term U.S. inflationary pressures may have eased for the moment. Moody’s recently reassured investors that it didn’t see any... -
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US Budget Watch Releases Paper Comparing Health Care Reform Plans
Read moreToday, US Budget Watch released a new paper, Comparing Health Care Plans: A Guide to Health Care Reform Proposals, highlighting the ten-year costs and... -
One More FDIC Bank Closing
Read moreOn Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional bank ( Georgian Bank) for a cost to the FDIC of around $892 million. This... -
Finance Committee to Continue Work on Health Bill Next Week
Read moreThis has been a big week in the Senate Finance Committee regarding work on the health care reform bill. The Committee endued many all-day sessions... -
More Pandering to Seniors
Read moreYesterday, the House voted 406-18 to prevent an 8 percent increase in Medicare premiums for 11 millions seniors, many of whom are well-off. At a time... -
People Pay Taxes
Read moreThe simple truism that tax professors try to teach, and politicians try to ignore, is that people pay taxes. All taxes are passed onto people in one...