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Maya MacGuineas: Debate Questions But No Real Answers on National Debt, Social Security
Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, analyzed the vice...
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The Fiscal State of Play
Some commentators have made the argument that our nation’s fiscal challenges are not particularly large. So what is the fiscal state of play...
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Clinton & Trump: Where Will Our Debt Be in 10 Years?
Our recent report Promises and Price Tags: A Preliminary Update estimated that both major party presidential candidates' proposals would add to the...
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As We Enter the New Fiscal Year, A Look Back at FY 2016
While most of the country will not be celebrating the new year for another three months, today marks the turnover of the fiscal year (FY) with FY 2016...
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Senate to Vote on Continuing Resolution
With the deadline for avoiding a government shutdown approaching on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced last Thursday a...
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Accounting For Growth With Trump's Fiscal Plans
Last week, we estimated that Donald Trump's policies would increase ten-year deficits by $5.3 trillion, resulting in debt held by the public reaching...
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Promises and Price Tags: An Update
Update: On November 2, 2016, we added an appendix to this update that summarizes the policies that the candidates have released. The next president...
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Getting Real About Paying For Trump's Tax Plan
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced significant revisions to his tax plan that would reduce its cost by about half, a change CRFB...
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Mitch Daniels: Washington’s Wake-Up Call
Mitch Daniels is the president of Purdue University, a former governor of Indiana, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and a co...
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Three CRFB and Fix the Debt Board Members Testify Before Congress
On September 8, three CRFB and Fix the Debt board members – Mitch Daniels, Judd Gregg, and Alice Rivlin – testified before the Joint Economic...
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CRFB Board Member Alice Rivlin's Testimony on the Direction, Drivers, and Dangers of the Federal Debt
On September 8, 2016, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board member and Brookings Institution senior fellow Alice Rivlin testified before...
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CRFB Co-Chair Governor Mitch Daniels's Testimony on the Direction, Drivers and Dangers of the Federal Debt
On September 8, 2016, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair and president of Purdue University Governor Mitch Daniels testified before...