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Maya MacGuineas: The White House is wrong, Biden is no steward of fiscal responsibility
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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The Biden Administration Has Approved $4.8 Trillion of New Borrowing
Read moreNote: We published a more comprehensive, up-to-date comparison analysis of the amount of new ten-year borrowing approved by both Presidents Trump and...
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Student Debt Changes Wipe Out IRA Savings
Read moreThe student debt cancellation and relief measures recently announced by the Biden Administration will cost roughly $500 billion over ten years under...
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Latest Student Loan Payment Pause Brings Total Cost to $155 Billion
Read moreThe Biden Administration announced another extension of the student loan repayment moratorium through the end of December as part of their larger...
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Student Debt Changes Would Boost Inflation
Read moreThe student debt cancellation and relief measures announced earlier this week by the Biden Administration would cost around $500 billion over a decade...
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New Student Debt Changes Will Cost Half a Trillion Dollars
Read moreNote (9/26/2022): The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released an estimate that debt cancellation will cost $400 billion . Using new information...
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Extending the Student Loan Payment Pause is Bad Policy
Read moreNote: (8/30/2022): Since the publication of this blog the Biden Administration announced another four-month extension to the student loan pause...
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Means-Testing Student Debt Cancellation is Still Costly and Regressive
Read moreAmid criticisms that student debt cancelation would be costly and regressive, the Biden Administration is apparently considering means-testing debt...
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President's Budget Would Add More to Debt With Policy Extensions
Read moreLast month, the Biden Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget proposal that includes many policy changes that would reduce deficits...
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What Would the President's Budget Look Like With Build Back Better?
Read moreThe President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget proposal released last week omits details on the core of the President's agenda, the Build Back Better...
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Breaking Down the Proposals in the President's FY 2023 Budget
Read moreLast week, the Biden Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget proposal, outlining some of President Biden's tax and spending...
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7 Takeaways from the President's FY 2023 Budget
Read morePresident Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget request this week, and there is a lot to unpack (see our full analysis). Below are seven key...