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CNN Money Exclusive: Stop Whining About Bowles-Simpson. Let's Make it Better.
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas challenges critics of the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction plan and offers ideas...
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My View: Carol Cox Wait
Hip, Hip, Hooray! The Chairmen of the President’s Deficit Reduction Commission finally have shed some light on the kinds of choices that will be...
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Op-Ed: Stop Whining About Bowles-Simpson. Let's Make It Better
CNN Money | November 15, 2010 Commentary: Maya MacGuineas is the director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Fou ndation. The draft plan...
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We Can All Throw Stones, But Let's Throw Ideas Too
We at CRFB have had our morning coffee and are trying to find ways to make the Fiscal Commission’s co-chair proposal better. CRFB president Maya...
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Welcome Back Congress -- to the Latest Appropriations Mess
Congress returns this week for a lame-duck session during which members will face a huge mess—providing money to keep the lights on in the federal...
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‘Line’ Items: Lame Duck Edition
Roast (Lame) Duck is Served – The lame duck session of Congress begins today, but it is already being panned as unlikely to be very productive. As we...
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Some Reactions to the Co-Chairs' Proposal
With the unexpected release of the draft proposal from the co-chairs of the President’s fiscal commission, the naysayers have come out of the woodwork...
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Op-Ed: Finally, Good News On The National Debt
AOL News | November 11, 2010 It's not every day that the country receives some encouraging news on the deficit and debt front. But Wednesday just so...
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Getting Back in the Black
In Getting Back in the Black, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform calls on policymakers to reform the federal budget process in order to help...
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The Fiscal Commission Gets Specific!
In a move much earlier than we expected, the Co-Chairs of the White House Fiscal Commission released their plan on how to get control of our national...
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‘Line’ Items: ‘Now What?’ Edition
After the Voting – In case you were sleeping, there was an election last week. As a result of the mid-terms, Republicans will control the U.S. House...