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Judd Gregg: Passing Tax Reform 101
A wall all along the southern border would surely be a signature event.
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Gene Steuerle: Six Bipartisan Opportunities for President-elect Trump
I have never believed that candidates should lay out detailed policy agendas in their campaigns. While broad outlines are helpful, the specifics are...
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Marc Goldwein: These 5 Supposed Fixes for Social Security Won’t Solve Its Problems
Marc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an op-ed...
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Maya MacGuineas: Neither Candidate Has Any Real Plan for Our National Debt
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Paul A. Volcker & Peter G. Peterson: Ignoring the Debt Problem
Peter G. Peterson is the founder and chairman of the Pete G. Peterson Foundation and a board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
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Gene Steuerle: Social Security Must Be Fair for Everyone, Not Just Retirees
No one should assess Social Security policy in isolation.
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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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Judd Gregg: Time for fiscal policy to drive growth
We are in the midst of a slow and anemic economic recovery. Productivity, which drives any effective period of economic growth, has stagnated.
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Gene Steuerle & Rudolph Penner: Restoring More Discretion to the Federal Budget
Dr. C. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and Dr. Rudolph G. Penner is an Institute...
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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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Judd Gregg: Fixing the Budget
The primary reason that the Congressional budget process is not functioning is that it requires difficult decisions. This is not something Congress is...
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Maya MacGuineas: The first step towards solving the debt crisis: Stop digging
Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an op-ed that...