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Esquire Commission Stabilizes the Debt!
They Did It! Kudos to the Esquire Budget Commission for releasing a budget plan this morning! Former Senators Gary Hart, Bill Bradley, Bob Packwood...
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‘Line’ Items: Columbus Day Edition
Day of “Discovery” – Today we celebrate the man who quasi-discovered the Americas with a quasi-holiday that not everyone gets off (including the Line)...
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A Thousand Cuts: The Tax Version
The Center for American Progress recently released " A Thousand Cuts," which detailed what spending cuts could be adopted to achieve primary budget...
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CBO Says 2010 Deficit Slightly under $1.3 Trillion
CBO, in its most recent Monthly Budget Review, estimated that the FY 2010 budget deficit (the fiscal year that ended at the end of September) was just...
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CBO Finds Tax Cuts Are Bad for the Economy
In testimony before the Senate Budget Committee last week, CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf quantified the impacts that extending some or all of the...
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No New Lending From TARP
Right on the two-year anniversary of its enactment, the Troubled Asset Relief Program's (TARP) authority to disburse new money ended on Sunday. The...
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‘Line’ Items: (Fiscal) New Year’s (Lack of) Resolutions Edition
Should Old Performance be Forgot, and Never Brought to Mind? – The new fiscal year (2011) began on Friday. Instead of imbibing in champagne, CRFB...
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MARKETWATCH:Week September 27 – October 1, 2010
The growth play from September has spilled over into October, although cross-currents are apparent and volatility should be expected. Economic news...
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Maya MacGuineas and Bill Galston: A Balanced Plan to Stabilize Public Debt and Promote Economic Growth
A Balanced Plan to Stabilize Public Debt and Promote Economic Growth Yesterday, we released a new budget blueprint to stabilize the debt by the end of...
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Fiscal Commission Holds Fifth Meeting
CRFB live tweeted the fifth public meeting of the President's fiscal commission on our Twitter page ( www.twitter.com/budgethawks) this morning! For...
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Appropriations Update: Senate Poised to Pass CR
Update 09-30-10: The Senate passed the CR last night on a 69-30 vote. The House soon followed with a successful 228-194 vote. An amendment from...