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Fix the Debt Releases Citizen's Plan
Yesterday, the Campaign to Fix the Debt unveiled its Citizens' Plan for lawmakers to consider over these next two months of budgetary debates...
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New Poll Finds Broad Support for Comprehensive Debt Plan
The Campaign to Fix the Debt has recently released the results of a new national telephone poll that found broad support for a comprehensive deficit...
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The 1986 Tax Reform Act Turns 27
On this day 27 years ago, President Ronald Reagan signed into the law the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which stands as the last major overhaul of the US...
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Larry Fink: Washington Needs to Prove the Political System Still Works
As the dust begins to clear from this month's political battle over the debt ceiling and government shutdown, there have many reports of businesses...
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The (Ongoing) Cost of the Government Shutdown
Now that the government shutdown and debt default threat are in the rearview mirror (for now), analysts have been taking time to survey the economic...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas October 18 2013
The shutdown may be over and fears of a default adverted for now, but the reality remains that we still haven't made any progress on our debt problem...
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Op-Ed: Hey Congress: Use This Moment
zpolitics | October 17, 2013 As we finally emerge from what was simply the most recent in a long series of short-term fiscal crises, it is abundantly...
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Sequester Replacement Must be Fiscally Responsible
Recent reports have suggested the new budget conference committee may focus its attention of a deal to replace sequestration. A recent paper from the...
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Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increases Can Lead to a Deal
With President Obama's signature on Thursday morning, the nation went from the brink of default to having a least a little elbow room on the debt...
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Event Recap: Leon Panetta and Others Urge Action on Fiscal Issues
Yesterday, former Defense Secretary and CRFB board member Leon Panetta headlined a press conference at the National Press Club on the need for our...
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Every Budget Put the Debt on a Downward Path…and This One Should Too
In additional to reopening the government and suspending the debt ceiling, last night, both the House and Senate agreed to go to Budget Conference...
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The Tax Break-Down: Intangible Drilling Costs
This is the eleventh post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Our...