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"Meet the Generations": Seniors
Meet Edna, a 75-year-old fictitious senior citizen. In the third installment of our "Meet the Generations" series, we take a look how policymakers'...
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Debate BUILDs over Infrastructure Investment
The recent introduction of the BUILD Act to create a national infrastructure bank to help finance infrastructure improvements has started a needed...
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Fiscal Power Rankings
Students at Stanford University, under the guidance of Comeback America Initiative (CAI) CEO and CRFB board member David Walker, have developed a...
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Ruth Marcus: “A Debt Crisis That Requires Compassion”
In her recent column, Ruth Marcus, of The Washington Post declared: “Don’t call me a deficit hawk. Call me a deficit panda.” Seeking a cuddlier image...
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Health Care Reform Has Its First Birthday
One year ago on Wednesday, the health care reform legislation (or PPACA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was passed by Congress...
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Op-Ed: Fix the Deficit? We Can Do That
TIME | March 17, 2011 It's rare that those of us concerned about the nation's fiscal course come bearing good news. The federal debt, after all, is as...
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CBO Projects Slightly Smaller Deficits under Current Law
Along with CBO's preliminary analysis of the President's Budget on Friday came an update in CBO's baseline, which actually shows a $234 billion...
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CNN Money Exclusive: Deficit Pessimist Sees Hope for a Deal
In her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas expresses increasing - but still cautious - optimism about the possibility of a...
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Op-Ed: Deficit Pessimist Sees Hope for a Deal
CNN Money | March 21, 2011 I think we a can find a way to get a large-scale budget agreement that tackles our insane multi-trillion dollar debt in...
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We Could've Told You...
Last week, CBO showed that the President's Budget was way too optimistic about its projections of deficits and debt. But CBO's findings would not have...
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‘Line’ Items: March of Madness Edition
Madness in Washington – The down-to-the-wire finishes, Hail Marys and upsets in DC weren’t confined to the Verizon Center. Capitol Hill is...
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64 Senators Call On President Obama to Lead on Deficit and Engage in Broader Discussion
Today, a bipartisan group of 64 Senators sent a letter to President Obama urging him to show leadership on reducing the federal deficit and to take a...