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Agreeing with Rubin
Bob Rubin, former Clinton Treasury Secretary, had an opinion piece in the Financial Times on Monday that made a lot of points we certainly agree with...
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CNN Money Exclusive: Dear Speaker Boehner
CRFB President Maya MacGuineas has another commentary on CNN Money, urging policymakers to get specific on ideas to solve America's debt crisis. You...
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Congress’s To Do List: OMG
With the mid-term election behind us, the current Congress still has work to do. Lawmakers may address a huge number of issues when they return in two...
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EU Votes on Promising Sustainability Plan
Last week, the heads of the EU governments agreed on groundbreaking steps to prevent Greece-style fiscal meltdowns from ever happening again and to...
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Op-Ed: Dear Speaker Boehner
CNN Money | November 3, 2010 Commentary: Maya MacGuineas is the director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Fou ndation. Welcome to the...
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The Fed Takes Another Big Step to Boost the Economy
As widely expected (and priced into the markets), the Fed decided at its monetary policy committee meeting today that it would increase purchases of...
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Three Andrews in Support of Raising the Early Retirement Age
Andrew Biggs has an interesting piece out at the American Enterprise Institute that has been generating some attention (see Ezra Klein’s comments here...
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Dallas Morning News Readers Try the Stabilize the Debt Simulator
Our Stabilize the Debt budget simulator, which allows users to try their hand at deficit reduction, has become an important tool for understanding the...
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Rejecting Obstructive Pledges and Considering Proposals from the Fiscal Commission
The Bottom Line today concludes its blog series highlighting our Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates on fiscal responsibility. 9. Rejecting Pledges...
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Spending Challenge: Heritage Foundation's $343 Billion Proposal
The Heritage Foundation recently came out with a detailed paper with over $300 billion in spending cuts that can be put in place in FY 2012. Their...
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‘Line’ Items: Post-Halloween and Pre-Election Edition
Tricks and Treats Not Done Yet – Halloween was celebrated last night and Election Day is tomorrow. Which day is scarier likely depends on your...
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Health Care and Taxes
The Bottom Line presents the next installment in our series highlighting our Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates leading up to Election Day. 7...