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Can We Grow Our Way Out of Debt?
Suggesting that the U.S. can grow our way out of debt – increasing economic growth to stabilize or shrink debt as a share of GDP – is a popular idea...
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Can We Solve Our Debt Situation by Cutting Waste, Fraud, Abuse, Earmarks, and/or Foreign Aid?
When asked how they will fix the debt, many candidates may point to seemingly painless solutions such as reducing fraud, ending earmarks, or cutting...
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CRFB and FTD Publish 16 Budget Myths to Watch Out For in the 2016 Campaign
The next President will need to confront a number of budgetary challenges and will likely sign into law many federal tax and spending changes. But...
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Do Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves?
Some advocates of tax cuts have suggested such cuts will not lose revenue since they will spur economic growth and thus produce enough additional tax...
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Fiscal FactCheck: 16 Budget Myths to Watch Out For in the 2016 Campaign
Update: The original version of this paper had a mathematical typo, saying that Medicare beneficiaries get, on average, 350% more out of the program...
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Is a Balanced Budget Amendment All We Need to Fix the Debt?
Many candidates will suggest some form of a balanced budget amendment (BBA). Even in the best case, such an amendment is a supplement rather than a...
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Is Deficit Reduction Code for Austerity, Which Will Harm the Economy?
Some policymakers and commentators have conflated calls for deficit reduction with calls for austerity. It is true that some countries have enacted...
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Is the Health Care Cost Problem Solved?
The U.S. has been experiencing very low health care cost growth by historical standards since 2009, and projec- tions of federal health care spending...
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Is There No Harm in Waiting to Solve Our Debt Problems?
Another debt myth is that even if the long-term debt outlook is a problem, there is no need to address the debt now – it can be dealt with later. This...
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JCT Confirms: Dynamic Scoring Doesn't Make Extenders Look Much Better
Lawmakers have so far been reluctant to pay for the group of temporary tax cuts known as the " tax extenders," instead generally just adding the cost...
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Live-Tweeting the First GOP Primary Debate
As the 2016 election officially kicks off with the first Republican presidential primary debates in Cleveland tonight, our friends over at Fix the...
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Maya MacGuineas: Debunking Budget Myths Before They Become Part of 2016 Campaign
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...