Topic: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
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Can the national debt be cut? How Republican candidates' plans compare.
Here's a comparative look at the candidates based on the group's numbers.
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Social Security reform: What 'chained CPI' proposal by Obama means
Obama proposes revising the way Social Security benefits get adjusted each year to help retirees cope with inflation, as part of 'fiscal cliff' talks. Here's how 'chained CPI' would alter the status quo.
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Why Obama insists on higher tax rates for the wealthy
As the 'fiscal cliff' looms closer, President Obama says higher tax rates for the wealthy – not just revenue from limiting deductions and other sources – is his nonnegotiable demand.
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Cover Story
Five reasons America won't fall off the 'fiscal cliff'The political and economic ramifications are too big for Washington to let the large tax increases and spending cuts take effect. But this doesn't necessarily mean lawmakers will craft a decisive solution to the nation's fiscal woes.
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Political gridlock over 'fiscal cliff'? Not if CEOs can help it.
President Obama was set to meet with the leaders of a dozen major US corporations Wednesday, with the fiscal cliff a central topic. Businesses have rallied in trying to nudge officials toward a deal.
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Great expectations for US economy: Are Obama, Romney too optimistic?
Mitt Romney and President Obama both present to voters rosy views of future economic growth. Those scenarios aren't impossible, but it's fair to attach some big asterisks to them.
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Fix the Debt: CEOs launch drive for 'grand bargain.' Is Washington listening?
The Fix the Debt CEOs, who are dedicated to pushing Washington toward a deficit-reducing 'grand bargain,' say they were appalled by the reckless debate over the debt ceiling in 2011.
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Mitt Romney pitches smaller government: Is his target realistic?
While President Obama sees sizable government as fostering economic growth, Mitt Romney wants to cap federal spending at 20 percent of GDP. Is that goal feasible – and economically helpful?
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Donald Marron
Think the corporate tax system is broken? Go ahead, try to fix it.To offset the costs of cutting corporate tax rates, policymakers will need to roll back tax preferences, each of which has powerful defenders, Marron writes. To illustrate the challenge, Marron highlights a tax reform calculator from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
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Decoder Wire
Bipartisan powers, activate! Can Congress's debt avengers be superheroes?Once again, Washington's bipartisan, blue-ribbon, out-of-power elite gathers to urge Congress to break the gridlock and do the right thing on the nation's looming financial Armageddon.
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Decoder Wire
Fiscal zombie apocalypse in Washington? Obama and Congress on taxes. (+video)Lawmakers and the White House keep putting off tough fiscal and political decisions until after the elections, prompting criticism that this is a 'Zombie Congress.'
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Is the Obama health-care law a huge tax increase?
Responding to the Supreme Court's historic ruling on the Affordable Care Act, Republicans are refocusing criticism on the tax fallout from health-care reform. Is it a tax hike? Yes. But on whom?
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Health-care law: How Supreme Court ruling could affect US budget
US Supreme Court ruling on the health-care reform law's constitutionality will affect more than the making of public policy. It could also swing the federal budget significantly in either direction.
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Tax VOX
Why GOP candidates would make the national debt worseWhich Republican Presidential candidates would successfully eliminate the deficit and national debt? According to a new analysis from the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, none of them would.
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Can the national debt be cut? How Republican candidates' plans compare.
Here's a comparative look at the candidates based on the group's numbers.
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Keen on slashing the national debt? Ron Paul is your man.
Ron Paul ranks as the one candidate among four whose announced policies would leave America with a lower national debt than it would have under a status quo course, according to a new analysis.
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Six days left: Slowly, for super committee, failure is becoming an option
Republicans and Democrats remain far apart on how much tax hikes should contribute to deficit reduction. The deadline for the super committee to reach a deal is next Wednesday.
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Donald Marron
How to solve foreign debt? Go bigLarge scale measures are the only way to solve a nation's debt problem. That goes for the United States, too.
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From jobs plan to tax cuts, can deficit ‘super committee’ handle mission creep?
The bipartisan deficit 'super committee' is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings over 10 years. Can it find $450 billion more to fund Obama's jobs plan? Can it find $4 trillion? More?
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Can 'super committee' play fair as it tries to control national debt?
The task of reining in the national debt lies in the hands of a super committee of 12, which gets down to business now that Congress is returning from its summer break.
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Debt-ceiling plans face CBO fire: Does either cut as much as promised?
Added to the political question of whether either one of the competing debt-limit plans can pass Congress is a practical question from the nonpartisan CBO: How much will they cut the deficit?
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'Gang of Six' plan hailed as debt-ceiling breakthrough. What's in it?
The proposal by the 'Gang of Six' senators Tuesday draws on ideas from the deficit commission. The middle-of-the-road plan will have to overcome partisan concerns and a lack of time.
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Debt ceiling: If $4 trillion 'grand bargain' fails, is America in trouble?
Debt ceiling talks could result in a $4 trillion 'grand bargain,' or a smaller $2 trillion deal. Most economist say the bigger deal would be more helpful – and send a positive message to markets.
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Federal Reserve chair: Congress shouldn't cut budget too much, too soon
Ben Bernanke, head of the Federal Reserve, suggested Wednesday that lawmakers should instead focus on cutting the deficit over the medium to long term, in light of the slow recovery.
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Economist Mom
Well, good for you, AARP!AARP won't oppose cutting Social Security benefits anymore, which shows that the organization understands what it means to make tough choices
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Ben Bernanke: Deficit must be cut, but debt limit 'the wrong tool'
Fed chief Bernanke avoids taking a position on taxes while telling Congress it must act 'in a timely manner' to reduce the deficit. Failing to raise the debt limit, he says, would be a costly mistake.
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