Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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Op-Ed: Supercommittee Needs to Go Bigger
The Hill | September 7, 2011 With the president’s highly touted jobs speech this week, national attention is about to pivot from deficits and debt —...
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Op-Ed: Drawing a AAA-Road Map for Post-Downgrade America
The Atlantic | August 11, 2011 The country's most critical structural problem isn't employment or entitlements. It's Washington. And its window to...
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Op-Ed: S&P Rating: How to Get Back to AAA
CNN Money | August 8, 2011 Oh, AAA credit rating -- we never knew how much we loved you until we lost you. Just one more chance, please! It's like a...
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Op-Ed: With Downgrade, Now Can We Get Serious About Debt?
CNN | August 6, 2011 You can't say we didn't have a heads up. Just a few weeks ago, S&P said: "We may lower the long-term rating on the U.S. by one or...
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Op-Ed: Debt Deal--We Can, and Must, Do Better
CNN | August 2, 2011 Picture a negotiation with your boss that goes something like this: You walk in with dynamite strapped to your body and demand a...
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Op-Ed: Who Won and Lost in the Debt Deal?
The Washington Post | August 2, 2011 Well, at least we didn’t default. That’s probably the best thing to say about the proposed debt deal. But the...