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Op-Ed: Don't Delay Fencing Off the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreThe Hill | September 11, 2012 Washington’s new pet solution to the “fiscal cliff” — the spending sequester and the expiration of tax cuts scheduled to...
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Warning Shots for Lawmakers on the Debt
Read moreToday, the credit rating agency Moody’s made it clear that it is unlikely that the U.S. will be able to maintain its Aaa rating unless a comprehensive...
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Rendell and Gregg Urge a Third Path for the Budget
Read moreIn an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Campaign to Fix the Debt Co-Chair Ed Rendell called for politicians to rise above partisan politics and...
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Nightly Business Report Discusses the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreOn Monday night, Nightly Business Report dedicated a full 25 minute video to discussing the fiscal cliff. The segment involved many different...
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Recommendations for "Grown-up" Lawmakers
Read moreIn a Washington Post column entitled "It's Time for the Grown-Ups to Step Up in Washington," Fortune magazine senior editors Allan Sloan and Geoff...
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Op-Ed: "A Problem Too Big for Small Solutions"
Read moreThe 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"
Read moreThe 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
Read moreWe 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?"
Read moreThe 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
Read moreFitch Ratings Managing Director David Riley appeared yesterday on Bloomberg Television, suggesting that the fiscal cliff could threaten the U.S.'s AAA...