U.S. Budget Watch Releases Paper and Event on GOP Candidates and the Debt Watch It Live Here

This 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 of the four major Republican presidential candidates and their impact on the national debt. President Obama will be included in a forthcoming report. (For an addendum on Governor Romney's 2/22 tax plan, click here).

The big event releasing the new report begins at 9:30 am. If you are in DC, come check it out. If not, you can watch the live webcast below. You can also follow the action on Twitter with the #BudgetWatch hashtag.

CRFB President Maya MacGuineas will present the findings of the report. She will also moderate a discussion featuring CRFB board members former Rep. Bill Frenzel (R-MN); former Rep. Vic Fazio (D-CA); and Alice Rivlin, former OMB and CBO director.

The goal of U.S. Budget Watch is to encourage an informed and constructive debate on the U.S. fiscal situation during the election season. The new guide to the candidates is a key step in that effort. U.S. Budget Watch also produced 12 Principles of Fiscal Responsibility for the 2012 Campaign.

U.S. Budget Watch neither supports nor opposes any candidate for office. 

See a live stream of the event here:

 

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I guess it is a good thing

I guess it is a good thing that this organization exists so that people can see, at least from the campaign promises standpoint, how their budgets might affect all of the voters who otherwise wouldn't know.

 

 

There is so much talk going on about budgets but as long as the most popular senate majority leader holds his seat it is a waste of time and money.

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