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Is Trump Proposing One of the Largest Defense Increases in History?
Read moreIn his joint address to Congress, President Trump said, "I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the defense...
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What We Know About President-Elect Trump's Agenda
Read moreDonald Trump has won the 2016 presidential election, but what will President-elect Trump's policy agenda be? Throughout the 2016 campaign, we examined...
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A Lame Duck President in 2017?
Read moreby C. Eugene Steuerle, Maya MacGuineas, Tyler Evilsizer, and Caleb Quakenbush This report represents a joint project of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy...
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Interactive Tool: Reforming the Candidates' Fiscal Plans
Read moreOur recent in-depth analysis Promises and Price Tags found that the national debt would continue to rise under a Hillary Clinton or a Donald Trump...
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Looking at the Long Term Under the Candidates' Plans
Read moreWe’ve shown before that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump would reverse the unsustainable growth of the national debt over the next decade, and...
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How Clinton and Trump Could Affect Economic Growth
Read moreRecently, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) estimated the economic impact of Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's tax plans, finding that both plans would...
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Five Easy Fixes that Won't Save Social Security
Read moreTonight’s Presidential debate will include a discussion of debt and entitlements, which hopefully touches on the looming insolvency of the government...
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Let's Have a Real Debate
Read moreCross-posted on the Fix the Debt blog The first two presidential debates offered a lot of drama but little substance. So the final debate tonight is...
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Will Obamacare Be One of the Biggest Line Items in the Budget?
Read moreDuring the second presidential debate on October 9, Donald Trump said in response to a question about the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), "It’s...
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Would Clinton Double Some People's Taxes?
Read moreDuring the third presidential debate on October 19, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said about Hillary Clinton's tax plan, "Her plan is...
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What Would Clinton and Trump Need to Do to Address the Debt Along with their Policy Agendas?
Read moreWe recently estimated that Clinton's policies would likely add $200 billion to the debt over the next decade, while Trump’s policies would add $5.3...
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Is Clinton's Tax Increase One of the Largest in History?
Read moreIn addition to a statement about his tax cut during the first presidential debate in late September, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said...