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Event 9/21: Urging the Super Committee to Go Big
In the past few weeks, CRFB and many others -- including 36 Senators from both sides of the aisle, the Blue Dogs, and more than 60 business leaders...
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CRFB on President Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan
With the release of President Obama's deficit reduction plan this morning, CRFB has put out a press release commenting on the proposal. We note that...
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How Does President Obama's Plan Stack Up?
With President Obama's deficit reduction plan now officially out, it's worth comparing the debt path under this plan to other debt paths. For the...
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MY VIEW: Paul Volcker
In today's New York Times, CRFB board member and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker has an op-ed on the dangers of inflation. He...
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‘Line’ Items: Game On Edition
Game Time – NASCAR has begun its chase for the championship, baseball’s pennant race is under way, the deficit super committee is deliberating and we...
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A Few Submissions to the Super Committee
The parade of submissions to the Super Committee has started. Over the next few months the Super Committee is likely to be inundated by fiscal plans...
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Obama Leaves Social Security Out
With President Obama's deficit reduction plan set to be released on Monday, we already have some idea of what will be in it: reductions in tax...
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36 Senators Call for Super Committee to "Go Big"
Update: The Gang of 36 has grown to 45 --23 Republicans, 21 Democrats, and 1 Independent. See below for the full list of participating Senators. Today...
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What Congress Needs to Do in the Next Two Weeks
Congress has a long checklist of things it has to do by the end of September. On Tuesday, it informally crossed one thing off when the House passed a...