Fiscal Commission

Simon Johnson: Does The U.S. Really Have A Fiscal Crisis?

New York Times | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiscal Crisis, Budget Deficit, Fiscal Commission, Simon Johnson. U.S. Deficit, Federal Deficit, Budget Cuts, Business News

The United States faces some serious medium-term fiscal issues, but by any standard measure it does not face an immediate fiscal crisis. Overly indebt...

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A Frightening "Roadmap" for America in the Republican Rebuttal to the State of the Union

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Deficit, Fiscal Commission, Paul Ryan Roadmap, Social Security, Wall Street, Sotu, Medicare, Wall Street Bonuses, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Repeal, State of the Union, Paul Ryan, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Rep. Jan Schakowsky

I served with Rep. Ryan on the 18 member Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and learned firsthand from the personally congenial Ryan just how dark his vision of America's future is for all but the super-rich.

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Alan Simpson Doesn't Know What His Grandchildren Are Talking About

Hilary A. Doe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Infrastructure, Fiscal Commission, Social Security, Youth, Federal Budget Deficit, Rural America, Urban Policy, Medicaid, Medicare, Alan Simpson, Deficit Commission, Millennial Generation, Stimulus, Politics News
Hilary A. Doe

By: Zachary Kolodin, Roosevelt Campus Network As President Obama's Fiscal Responsibility Commission releases its recommendations, we'll continue to h...

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Casting Light on "The Moment of Truth"

James K. Galbraith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Deficit, Fiscal Austerity, Fiscal Commission, Unemployment, Politics News
James K. Galbraith

When middle class families take a moment from their own budget plans to examine the deficit commission's, they'll notice that the sacrifices so nobly embraced by "their leaders" will actually fall on them.

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Simpson's Program, Not Social Security, Victimizes the Young

Merton and Joan Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Fiscal Commission, Senator Simpson, Social Security Benefits for Young People, Social Security Benefits, Young Workers, Ruben Navarrette, Alan Simpson, Politics News
Merton and Joan Bernstein

Does he really mean to say that, in our working years, we help pay for the modest Social Security benefits received by the parents who fed, clothed, educated and housed us? What perfidy. What selfishness.

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Millennials Tackle 21st Century Challenges With a Blueprint for America's Future

Hilary A. Doe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Politics, Joe Stiglitz, Fiscal Commission, Youth Vote, Youth, Joseph Stiglitz, Federal Budget Deficit, David Brooks, Millennial Generation, Generation Y, Barack Obama, College News
Hilary A. Doe

The largest-ever generation of Americans -- the Millennial Generation, born between 1980 and 2000 -- has designed the future that they want to inherit.

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Even Your Cranky Uncle Can Be Thankful for Social Security

Roger Hickey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiscal Commission, Deficit Commission, Social Security, Thanksgiving 2010, Debt Commission, Politics News
Roger Hickey

Picture everyone sitting around the table this Thanksgiving and the cranky old uncle lobs a political hot potato at you designed to push the conversat...

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Making Deficit Decisions in the Dark

Stacy Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wider Opportunities for Women, Deficit, Older Women, Fiscal Commission, Families, Low-Income, Politics News
Stacy Sanders

Earlier this month, the co-chairs of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released draft recommendations on how to ...

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Sam Stein

Alan Simpson: 'Grover Norquist Will Be Irrelevant In A Year'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Norquist Irrelevance, Simpson Tax, Fiscal Commission, Alan Simpson, Norquist Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Say what you will about the actual policy proposals put forth by the chairs of the president's fiscal commission -- both former Senator ...

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In The Public Interest : The Sounds of Silence

Nicole Tichon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Fiscal Commission, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget, Transpartisanship, Government Subsidies, U.S. PIRG, Farm Subsidies, Ethanol Subsidies, Transpartisan, National Taxpayers Union, Politics News
Nicole Tichon

The press coverage of the Fiscal Commission's Co-Chairs' proposal has focused on the great gulf between the right and left. By all accounts, Americans...

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Obama Fiscal Commission Proposes Cutting "Comedy Rule of Three" to Two

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit, Comedians, Fiscal Commission, Rule of Three, Federal Budget Deficit, Spending Cuts, Budget Cuts, Economy, Jay Leno, Barack Obama, Comedy, Fiscal Policy, Comedy News
Spencer Green

In a potentially devastating blow to performers and writers everywhere, President Obama's special fiscal commission will recommend cutting the long-st...

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Sam Stein

Sanders Calls For Progressive Meeting, Alternative To Fiscal Commission

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sanders Deficit Commission, Progressives Fiscal Commission, Fiscal Commission, Sanders Fiscal Commission, Bernie Sanders, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Clearly displeased with the initial deficit-reduction recommendations offered by the fiscal commission chairmen, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-...

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Amanda Terkel

Public Broadcasting Groups Denounce Debt Commission's Recommendation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Broadcasting System, Fiscal Commission, Debt Commission Cpb, Npr, Cpb, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting, Debt Commission, Smithsonian, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and NPR are denouncing the recommendation of the co-chairs of President Obama's Fiscal Com...

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Sam Stein

No Warning: David Axelrod Had To Get Deficit Commission Report Off The Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Fiscal Deficit, David Axelrod, Social Security Cuts, Erskine Bowles, Obama Deficit, Medicare Cuts, Debt Commission, Obama Debt, Deficit Commission, Government Debt, Fiscal Commission, Alan Simpson, Axelrod Deficit Commission, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The preliminary findings from the presidential-appointed fiscal commission calling for drastic cuts to Social Security and Medicare in a...

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Sam Stein

Fiscal Commission Chairs Gave Members Little To No Warning About Announcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Fiscal Deficit, Social Security Cuts, Erskine Bowles, Obama Deficit, Medicare Cuts, Debt Commission, Obama Debt, Deficit Commission, Government Debt, Fiscal Commission, Alan Simpson, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- One of the more peculiar elements of the White House deficit commission chairmen's decision to release their preliminary recommendations...

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Sam Stein

Debt Commission Report Targets Social Security, Medicare

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Orszag: We Have To Destroy The Village In Order To Save It

Nancy Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catfood Commission, Peter Orszag, Fiscal Commission, Social Security, Deficit Commission, Social Security Works, Debt Commission, Politics News
Nancy Altman

Tuesday's election gave expression to a deep frustration that Washington is not listening to Main Street. This frustration seems reasonable after read...

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Dan Froomkin

Job-Creation Idea No. 12: Let The Old Folks Retire Early And Make Way For Young Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiscal Commission, America Needs Jobs, Social Security, Retirement, 20 Jobs Ideas, Early Retirement, Deficit Commission, Job Creation, Business News

(No. 12 in Huffington Post's America Needs Jobs series.) Looking ahead fearfully to something that may or may not be a problem decades from now, Pres...

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Fiscal Reform from the Radical Center

Will Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maya MacGuineas, Bill Galston, Deficit, Discretionary Spending, Fiscal Commission, Gdp, Social Security, President Obama, Medicaid, Medicare, Fiscal Reform Blueprint, Economic Growth, Debts, Politics News
Will Marshall

The big question is what impact the midterm election will have on the politics of fiscal evasion. Here's hoping that President Obama will give a close look to fiscal discipline that demands equal sacrifice from the left and the right.

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Recovery, Please

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Cuts, Government Spending, Federal Reserve, Fiscal Commission, Paul Krugman, Gdp, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

Republicans have made it impossible for the government to increase spending to create jobs and investment, and deficit hawks of both parties would rather have government tighten belts.

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Paul Ryan's Playlist

Caroline Matthews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Playlists, Gop, Fiscal Commission, November Election, Paul Ryan, Politics News
Caroline Matthews

As we formulate our opinion of the Congressman, what else do we want to know? We want to know what he is listening to on his iPod. Considering the Congressman's home state and political positions, I've taken a shot at recreating his go-to playlist.

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In The Public Interest : New Insights into Preventing Wall Street Meltdowns and Reducing Debt

Phineas Baxandall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiscal Commission, Global Economy, Financial Transaction Tax, Tobin Tax, Federal Budget Deficit, Wall Street, Financial Speculation Tax, Wall Street Speculators, Speculation, Financial Reform, Basel Accord, Global Financial Crisis, Financial Crises, Financial Regulation, Politics News
Phineas Baxandall

This Week's Basel Accord and New Poll Show How to Prevent Wall Street Meltdowns and Reduce the Debt with One Tool This week's news made the path for ...

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It's Time to Bolster Social Security, Not Slash It

Mark Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pensions, Retirement Security, Pete Peterson, Fiscal Commission, Social Security, Business News
Mark Miller

We should not be contemplating cuts in Social Security when the other pillars of retirement security have eroded to the point where many Americans won't be able to meet basic expenses in retirement.

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"Tit Man" Alan Simpson Makes An Ass of Himself -- Women's Groups Call for Resignation

Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Older Women, Poverty, Gender Gap, Women Voters, Sexism, Ageism, Fiscal Commission, Obama, Alan Simpson, Obama Social Security, Social Secuirty, Politics News
Martha Burk

The flamboyant co-chair of Obama's Fiscal Commission, Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming, who became an instant You-Tube star earlier this summer with a rant against senior citizens, is at it again big-time.

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Social Security Turns 75: Democrats Celebrate While Tea Party Republicans Grab the Ax

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dnc, Fiscal Commission, Dick Armey, Social Security, Bush, President Obama, Tea Party Republicans, Billionaires, Medicaid, Medicare, Democratic National Committee, Paul-Ryan-Roadmap, Democratic Party, Tea Party, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

The next time someone asks you about the difference between the parties, just remind them that when Social Security turned 75, Democrats celebrated while Tea Party Republicans grabbed the ax.

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