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Fact-Checking the Final Debate
We did not live fact check the debate last night, but the debate did include a little bit of fiscal policy, which is not surprising considering the...
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Getting Closer: Fiscal Cliff Number One Concern for Investors
Wonkblog's Suzy Khimm reports on two new surveys showing that investor concern over the fiscal cliff has well overtaken their concern about Europe's...
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Line Items: Debate Edition
Up for Debate – Election 2012 is entering the final stretch and it is still up for grabs. The presidential contest has been marked more by missteps...
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Why Debt Matters for National Security
Tonight is the last presidential debate with questions focused on foreign policy, but it would be a mistake to forget about debt. Our foreign policy...
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Actually, Raising the Retirement Age Is Not Regressive
Some commentators have suggested that raising the retirement age would be regressive given that lower income recipients tend to have a lower life...
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Alarms Grow Louder as Fiscal Cliff Draws Closer
This blog has been cross-posted at FixTheDebt.org. It may not be as popular as Justin Bieber, but the fiscal cliff is getting plenty of notice as of...
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Health Care Solutions that Work in the Real World
This morning, the National Coalition on Health Care held a forum in the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Innovations in Health Care Delivery...
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Bipartisan Policy Center Releases a "Framework for a Grand Bargain"
With Congress in recess until after the elections, a plan to replace the fiscal cliff with a comprehensive debt deal will have to get done during the...
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Gene Steuerle: Governing After Over-Promising
Urban Institute Fellow and CRFB board member Gene Steuerle laments the presidential candidates' overpromising this election season, particularly on...
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More Analysis of Gov. Romney's Deductions Cap
After we analyzed a part of it two weeks ago, Governor Mitt Romney's tax plan is back in the news, with a proposed deduction cap as the subject of a...
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Op-Ed: Governing After Over-Promising
The Government We Deserve | October 18, 2012 For almost anyone following closely our presidential candidates’ statements, it is absolutely clear that...
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Coburn Releases the 2012 "Wastebook"
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) yesterday released his " Wastebook" for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. Coburn finds 100 examples...