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Rx for a Double-dip Recession: Cut Government Spending by 15 Percent

Apparently nostalgic for recession, more than 100 House Republicans have proposed to cut federal spending by $550 billion in 2012. The Republican Study Committee (RSC)...
June 7, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Carbon Taxes: The Levy (Some) Conservatives Love

You know the Washington Rule: Liberals will never support spending cuts and conservatives will never back tax increases. Yet, there is one new levy that...
June 2, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Six Think Tanks Tackle the Budget Deficit

Today, at the request of the Peterson Foundation, an ideologically diverse group of six think tanks proposed their long-term solutions to the federal deficit problem...
May 25, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Do We Need an Election to Fix the Deficit?

I spent this morning at one of those Washington institutions: the budget roundtable. Today’s (at the Aspen Institute) gave me a chance to pose a...
May 17, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Spending Caps, Medicare Vouchers, and Magical Thinking

Want to know why caps on federal spending will never work? Just take a look at proposed Medicare vouchers that are included in the House-passed...
May 10, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Why I Hate Budget Caps

I hate budget caps. They are arbitrary and beg to be gamed. It is irresponsible to make one that is absolutely unbreakable, even in the...
May 3, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Note to Rep. Bachmann: Hitting the Debt Limit Has Consequences

The other day, I blogged on the necessity of increasing the debt limit. And I got a remarkable response: The tea party and others on...
April 26, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Obama’s Spending Calculator

Now that you’re done filling out your 1040, the White House wants you to know where your tax dollars are going. Its Federal Taxpayer Receipt...
April 19, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

One Man's Interpretation of the Euphemisms

As my TPC colleague Howard Gleckman noted , there's a lot of euphemizing in the bevy of recent letters calling on our elected leaders to...
April 1, 2011Donald Marron