Let's Get Specific

Oct 5, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Let’s Get Specific: Social Security

Social Security is getting a lot of attention these days. However, much of the discussion is centered on what not to do: don’t cut benefits;...
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Oct 4, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process| Taxes

‘Line’ Items: (Fiscal) New Year’s (Lack of) Resolutions Edition

Should Old Performance be Forgot, and Never Brought to Mind? – The new fiscal year (2011) began on Friday. Instead of imbibing in champagne,...
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Oct 1, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Social Security| Taxes| Other Spending

CRFB Event: It's Time to Get Specific

With the fiscal debt clock ticking, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget yesterday brought together members of Congress and other fiscal...
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Sep 30, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release

CRFB Event: Follow Our Live Twitter Feed

CRFB hosted a policy forum on September 30th: Getting Specific: How to Fix the Budget. We will live tweeted the event on our Twitter page--http://www...
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Jul 16, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release

Forget OMB--The Onion Has Ways to Improve Efficiency

Despite OMB's best efforts to trim waste from the government, The Onion believes it is inevitable that billions and billions of dollars will be...
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Jul 7, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CRFB President Details Options to Stabilize the Debt

In her testimony before the President’s Fiscal Commission last week, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas presented the following plan as an option...
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May 12, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Social Security| Taxes

Pearlstein Comes Out with His Own Fiscal Plan

Today in the Washington Post, Steven Pearlstein took the "Deficit Challenge", proposing his own plan on how to reduce future deficits...
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