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Upper-Income Tax Rates Would Need Dramatic Increases If President Wants to Keep His Tax Cut and Deficit Reduction Promises

Apr 12, 2010

Recently on The Concord Coalition Blog, The Tabulation, Chief Economist Diane Lim Rogers examined how difficult it will for President Obama to both keep his pledge to reduce the deficit to around 3 percent of GDP annually and to not…

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Deficit Reduction and Other Key Issues to Watch as Congress Makes Funding Decisions

Apr 12, 2010

There are several key issues to watch in this year’s budget and appropriations process. The goal is to have all of the appropriations bills signed into law by the President by Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year.…

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Why the President Should Break His Promise on Taxes

Apr 12, 2010

I have never been a fan of the Bush tax cuts. I’ve always felt they were too costly, too skewed to the rich, and did too little to make the tax system more efficient. Concord also warned about the 2001 and…

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House Majority Leader Issues Emphatic Warning on Debt at Fiscal Solutions Forum

Apr 5, 2010

College Park, Md. -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer last week urged Republicans and his fellow Democrats to work together to put the government’s fiscal house in order before growing debt brings “an end to American leadership in the world.”…

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What matters is “marginal” job creation and “marginal” deficit reduction

Feb 18, 2010

With today being the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (more commonly referred to as “the stimulus”), and President Obama expected tomorrow to announce his Presidential commission for deficit reduction, I’m hearing a lot of…

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President’s Budget Follow-Up

Feb 1, 2010

Following up on our press release about the President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposal, here are a few more thoughts: Annual discretionary spending: (more…)

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Concord Coalition Supports the President’s Deficit Reduction Goals and Bipartisan Fiscal Commission Plans

Feb 1, 2010

NOTE: Additional analysis of the President’s new budget proposals can be found at our blog -- The Tabulation. WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that it supports the deficit reduction goals in President Obama’s new budget as well as…

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The defense budget should not be off limits

Jan 29, 2010

If fiscal responsibility calls for significant changes in the big federal entitlement programs, shouldn’t the defense budget face scrutiny and reductions as well? That question comes up a lot when The Concord Coalition emphasizes the need for entitlement reform. The…

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Concord Coalition Says CBO Projections Reaffirm the Need for PAYGO, Spending Caps and a Fiscal Commission

Jan 26, 2010

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that new projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reinforce the need for statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules, tight spending caps and a bipartisan fiscal commission to recommend policy changes that would be given…

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“It isn’t fiscally irresponsible to raise the debt limit…”

Jan 20, 2010

"It isn't fiscally irresponsible to raise the debt limit, I think it would be rather irresponsible not to raise the debt limit because we have already incurred the bill." (more…)

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A fiscal commission: liberal or conservative plot?

Jan 19, 2010

It’s a little amusing to see how badly the idea of a bipartisan fiscal commission has frightened some partisans at both ends of the political spectrum. That alone indicates the idea may have merit. (more…)

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Summary Numbers for Health Care Reform Legislation

Jan 6, 2010

When we finished our issue brief on the health care reform "endgame" before the holidays, we had a difficult time trying to isolate the key 10-year costs and savings of different components of the legislation. Now that we have had…

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Upper-Income Tax Rates Would Need Dramatic Increases If President Wants to Keep His Tax Cut and Deficit Reduction Promises

Deficit Reduction and Other Key Issues to Watch as Congress Makes Funding Decisions

Why the President Should Break His Promise on Taxes

House Majority Leader Issues Emphatic Warning on Debt at Fiscal Solutions Forum

What matters is “marginal” job creation and “marginal” deficit reduction

President’s Budget Follow-Up

Concord Coalition Supports the President’s Deficit Reduction Goals and Bipartisan Fiscal Commission Plans

The defense budget should not be off limits

Concord Coalition Says CBO Projections Reaffirm the Need for PAYGO, Spending Caps and a Fiscal Commission

“It isn’t fiscally irresponsible to raise the debt limit…”

A fiscal commission: liberal or conservative plot?

Summary Numbers for Health Care Reform Legislation

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