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The Truth Can Help Set Us Free of Debt
Add another solid idea to the growing list of proposals to help improve federal budgeting and put the country on a sustainable fiscal course...
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Thune to the Rescue!
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced a deficit reduction and budget reform bill yesterday, aptly titled the Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of...
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CRFB Testifies Before the President’s Fiscal Commission
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held its fourth meeting yesterday where it heard from our very own CRFB President, Maya...
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CRFB in the Ripon Forum
CRFB board member Doug Holtz-Eakin and CRFB president Maya MacGuineas both had essays in the most recent edition of the Ripon Forum. While they...
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CRFB President Testifies Before President's Fiscal Commission
This morning, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, an executive committee...
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Extending the Tax Cuts: The Possibilities Are Endless!
Really they are. With the 2001/2003 tax cuts set to expire in five months, the topic is coming up with increasing frequency. Unlike with the estate...
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Peter has (Almost) Left the Building
Appearing at his old alma mater, the Brookings Institution, Wednesday, Peter Orszag bid adieu to public sector employment in his final public...
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CBO: Our Increased Fiscal Crisis Risk
"The current fiscal path of the federal government is unsustainable." This sentence begins any discussion about the future of US fiscal policy and CBO...
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More from the Mid-Session Review
The OMB's Mid-Session Review (MSR) came out late on Friday afternoon with no fanfare from the Administration (though we did put out a paper yesterday)...
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‘Line’ Items: Heat Wave Edition
If You Can’t Stand the Heat… – Washington has been experiencing a heat wave, but it can’t all be blamed on the friction between the two parties...
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Feldstein Discusses Tax Expenditures For Deficit Reduction
In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal this Wednesday, Martin Feldstein discusses the pivotal role of tax expenditures in increasing the federal...