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Fact Checking the Debates: Round 2
Vice President Joe Biden and Representive Paul Ryan (R-WI) will take the stage in Kentucky tonight at 9:00 PM E.T. in the Vice Presidential Debate. In...
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Fiscal Background for Tonight's Debate
Tonight at 9 PM in Kentucky will be the first and only vice presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and candidate Paul Ryan. If this...
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How the Fiscal Cliff (and Tax Reform) Could Affect Tax Rates
Over at TaxVox, Roberton Williams writes about what will happen to tax rates under the fiscal cliff. Many economists believe that marginal tax rates...
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Reducing Both Tax Rates and the Deficit Is Possible
Over the past few years, bipartisan agreement has begun to form around approaches to tax reform that take a broad approach to reducing or eliminating...
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Revisiting Dynamic Scoring
The use of dynamic scoring is one of the most contested issues in the budget world. We highlighted the pros and cons of using it and the issues...
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Schumer Outlines His Vision for Taxes
In a speech at the National Press Club (video here), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) outlined his vision of how to change the tax code. During the...
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Would Raising the Retirement Age Crowd Out Young Workers?
One of the criticisms of raising the retirement age is the belief that older workers delaying retirement may "crowd out" younger workers and cause...
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Van Hollen Sees Simpson-Bowles as the Framework for a Deal
Former Super Committee member and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) indicated in a recent Bloomberg interview that the...
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Bob Pozen Offers Corporate Tax Proposal
Much of the focus of broadening the tax base in tax reform is on tax expenditures. However, as both our corporate tax paper and our corporate tax...
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MY VIEW: David Walker October 2012
Former U.S. Comptroller General and CRFB Board Member David Walker has been busy traveling across the country on Comeback America's fiscal...
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Op-Ed: Debt Clock Still Ticks On
The Hill | October 3, 2012 Three weeks into the Comeback America Initiative’s almost five-week fiscal responsibility bus tour, it’s clear we have a...
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The Final Tally for 2012: $1.09 Trillion Deficit
CBO's final Monthly Budget Review for FY 2012 came out today, showing the (preliminary) final estimate for the deficit that year: $1.09 trillion, or 7...