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Tag: fiscal policy

Mattea Kramer: A Tax Day Plan for Righting the Republic

April 2013

Just doing what’s popular would make us healthier, wealthier, wiser, and less indebted.

Robert Reich: The Stealth Sequester

April 2013

Americans are starting to feel the pain. They just don’t know it yet.

Robert Reich: Ryan the Redistributionist

March 2013

Paul Ryan’s budget proposal sends wealth straight to the top of the economic hierarchy.

Mattea Kramer & Chris Hellman: “Homeland Security”

March 2013

The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define

Robert Reich: The Biggest Republican Lie

February 2013

Fixing unemployment, not reducing the deficit, should be first on our agenda.

Robert Reich: Why We Need an Investment Budget

February 2013

A budget that makes needed public investments is crucial to prosperous future.

Robert Reich: Debt Ceiling and Guns: Using Presidential Authority to the Fullest

January 2013

President Obama should take full advantage of his power to avoid the debt ceiling and curb gun violence.

Robert Reich: The Hoax of Entitlement Reform

January 2013

Cutting entitlements ignores the real problems behind the deficit.

Robert Reich: The Ongoing War

January 2013

After the battle over the cliff, the battle over the debt ceiling.

Theodoric Meyer: How Bad Is Our Debt Problem, Anyway? And Will a Deal Fix It?

December 2012

The reality of America’s debt crisis, and the likelihood that Washington can find a solution.

Robert Reich: The Only Way Left to Beat Republican Fanatics

December 2012

We should call the Republicans’ bluff and and go over the fiscal cliff.

Robert Reich: Opening Positions on the Cliff Deal: Déjà Vu All Over Again

November 2012

The President lays out his plan for America’s fiscal future.

Robert Reich: Why is the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers Helping the Republicans?

November 2012

Panic over a looming fiscal crisis plays directly into the Republicans’ hands.

Robert Reich: Why We Should Stop Obsessing About the Federal Budget Deficit

November 2012

Focusing on the federal deficit only distracts from creating growing economy.

Robert Reich: How January’s Fiscal Cliff Turns Into a Gentle Hill by February

October 2012

The so-called fiscal cliff might not turn out as dramatic as we imagine.

Mattea Kramer: Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World

July 2012

How the deficit obsession has been distracting us from our country’s most pressing issues.

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