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NPR Takes a Look at Disability Insurance
In a recent story called “Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America,” Chana Joffe-Walt of NPR's Planet Money takes an in-depth look...
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Examining the Domestic Production Activities Deduction
It is well known that the corporate tax code is littered with tax provisions that cost the government revenue. Today, the U.S. has the highest top...
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MY VIEW: George Voinovich
In today's Cincinnati Enquirer, CRFB board member and former Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) calls on Ohio's congressional members to get serious...
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Op-Ed: Time to Get Serious About Fixing the Debt
The Cincinnati Enquirer | March 25, 2013 Ohio’s congressional delegation must get serious about fixing the debt. In this time of serial self-inflicted...
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Budgets Agree on One Thing: Putting Debt on a Downward Path
Although the budget resolutions out now take a variety of paths to deficit reduction, we've noticed something that all have in common: they all...
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Fill in the Blanks: The Unspecified Parts of the Budget Resolutions
Continuing in our analysis of the FY 2014 budget resolutions, we will be discussing the things in the budgets that the authors didn't tell you. There...
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The Affordable Care Act Turns Three
Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. The legislation expands health insurance to about 30 million people...
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Durbin Voices His Support for Entitlement Reform
In a Wall Street Journal breakfast yesterday, Senate Majority Whip and former Fiscal Commission member Dick Durbin (D-IL) reiterated his support for...
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The Government Funding Bill: Winners and Losers
The field has been narrowed from 68 to 64 teams, and the NCAA Tournament is ready to kick off in full this afternoon. But the Big Dance isn't the only...
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Chairman Camp Eyes State and Local Tax Deduction
Yesterday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) took a hard look at the deduction for state and local income taxes at a hearing on...
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Line Items: Spring into Madness Edition
Madness Returns – It’s that time of year again. Predictions are made and office pools are formed. Yes, budget wonks are pitting budget against budget...
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