deficit

Deficit-Financed Public Investment: Is It Generational Theft?
Debt is something to which we can all relate. At some point during our lives, nearly all of us will have to borrow money to finance activities such as buying a car, paying for a college education or bridging a period of unemployment.
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Obama Deficit Panel Plans $3.8 Trillion in Cuts
President Obama's deficit commission laid out a plan to cut the federal budget deficit by hundreds of billions a year, including cuts to Social Security and defense spending.
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Key economic staff members confer during a budget session in the White House Roo The Case Against the Budget Commission
An Independent Budget Commission is just a way for Congress to skirt responsibility while pretending it cares about the deficit.
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In Defense of Fiscal Credibility
Yes, I am anti-stimulus, but I would never doubt that government is more than capable of "mitigating the length and severity of recessions" by taking steps that will reinvigorate the economy. That is why I have been calling for...
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