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Op-Ed: "A Problem Too Big for Small Solutions"
The New York Times | August 29, 2012 The federal debt is the nation’s most pressing economic problem because our dangerously high debt levels are a...
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Op-Ed: "We Need Growth, and Growth Requires Reform"
The New York Times | August 29, 2012 Getting our economy growing is our most pressing economic problem. But there can be no sustainable economic...
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Wessel: With Health Care It's About How, Not How Much
We have talked before about the long run unsustainable growth of our health care spending. But when it comes to controlling Medicare and Medicaid...
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New York Times: "Is the Deficit Urgent, or a Distraction?"
The New York Times' "Room for Debate" this week takes on our federal debt with a forum entitled " Is the Deficit Urgent, or a Distraction?" Writing in...
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Fitch: Fiscal Cliff Threatens Triple-A Rating
Fitch Ratings Managing Director David Riley appeared yesterday on Bloomberg Television, suggesting that the fiscal cliff could threaten the U.S.'s AAA...
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Fiscal Responsibility Questions For The Election
Considering our nation's debt situation, it is more important that ever to ensure that those seeking office have a plan to take on the issue. It's why...
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Governor Jeb Bush Supports Simpson-Bowles
Former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) declared his support for Simpson-Bowles in a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times, in order to begin taking on...
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A Mutual Non-Aggression Pact for the Campaigns?
A recent editorial from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch argues for what they call a "mutual non-aggression pact on spending and deficits." In their view...
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Will We Get Another 1986 Soon?
Elaine Kamarck and James Pinkerton, co-chairs of The RATE Coalition, a bipartisan group dedicated to promote tax reform, write in today's The Hill...
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CBO Projects a Recession -- But How Deep?
We've warned many times before that going off the fiscal cliff would throw the economy into a double dip recession. With CBO's updated budget and...
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CRFB's Jason Peuquet on the Republican Candidates' Plans
On New America's weekly podcast series The Sidebar, CRFB Research Director Jason Peuquet added some analysis on Representative Paul Ryan's (R-WI)...
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CRFB's Newest Realistic Baseline
With the release of CBO's updated budget and economic outlook, we at CRFB have the opportunity to update our Realistic baseline. Recall that our...