May 23, 2013

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Orszag

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Orszag Underestimates Chained CPI Cut

Ben Veghte | Posted 05.16.2013 | San Francisco

Read More: Politics, Social-Security-Works, Social Security, Chained CPI, Orszag, Supply-Side Economics, San Francisco News

This is ultimately not a debate about percentage points, but a fight for a benefit Americans have earned through a lifetime of contributions. Social Security does not contribute to the deficit, and has no place in discussions over grand bargains aimed at reducing our nation's debt.

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Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Axelrod, White House, Pentagon, Chicago, Mark Pryor, Landrieu, Mary Landrieu, Geithner, Pryor, Howard Dean, Military, Emanuel, Midotw, Tax Cuts, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Reid, Lincoln, Economic, Righty, Lefty, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Barack Obama, Mandate, Redstate, Progressive, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Summers, Erick Erickson, Harry Reid, Orszag, Senate, President Obama, Romer, Klein, Larry Summers, Obama, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Dean, Bush Tax Cuts, Dadt, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Contract With America, Left, Lefties, Right, Mayor, House, Andrew Sullivan, Righties, Peter Orszag, Lame Duck, Blanche Lincoln, Ezra Klein, Chris Weigant, Tax, Tim Geithner, Christina Romer, David Axelrod, DREAM Act, Pledge to America, Erickson, Sullivan, Politics News

The White House has been in the news this past week, mostly for who will be leaving it soon. One is tempted to insert the old "will the last to leave...

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SIMON JOHNSON Choosing The Next Budget Director

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Budget Director, Simon Johnson, Orszag, Obama, Paul Krugman, Jason Furman, Byron Dorgan, Tim Geithner, Larry Summers, Business News

Earlier this week, Peter Orszag resigned from his cabinet position as director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Washington Post put out one...

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Peter Orszag Leaving? Budget Director May Exit Soon, Bloomberg News Reports

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Peter Orszag, Orszag Leaving, Orszag, Office of Management and Budget, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Orszag, Orzag Leaving, Politics News

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag may become the first member of Barack Obama's cabinet to leave, Bloomberg reports. Orszag will make his deci...

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CNN's Kiran Chetry Spars With Orszag Over 'Middle Class' Tax Cut

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Middle Class America, Video, Peter Tax Cuts, Orszag, $250000, Peter Orszag, Kiran Chetry, Kiran Chetry Orszag, Obama Tax Cuts, Media News

There is a strong (though by no means universal) consensus that if the Obama administration wants to make a serious dent in the federal deficit, it wi...

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Peter Orszag Dated Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

A New York Times article on the sex scandal involving White House Office and Budget Management director Peter Orszag contains an interesting detail: t...

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WH Releases Open Government Directive: Transparency (Plus) Engagement (Equals) More Democracy

Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Transparency, Omb, White House, Collaboration, Orszag, Democracy, Open Government Directive, Journalism, Participation, Media News

If transparency is truly to promote accountability, then the public needs journalists to help discover, gather, compare, contextualize, and share the new information becoming available.

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Peter Orszag's Hair: Toupee Or Not Toupee? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

Lately, all eyes have been on OMB Director Peter Orszag with his engagement to ABC News financial reporter Bianna Golodryga, his love child with Clair...

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Orszag: Give Stimulus Some Time To Work

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Peter Orszag, Orszag, Obama Budget, Obama Budget Plans, Orszag Obama Budget, Orszag Interview, Orszag Cnn, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The White House's top budget official declared on Sunday that "fundamentally, the economy is weak" while saying the administration'...

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Is Health Reform a Job Killer?

Jim Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Efficiency, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Orszag, Obama Administration, Hhs, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Medicare, Sebelius, Newt Gingrich, Home News

Reformers interested in making American medicine more efficient should never ignore the story of Philadelphia department store magnate John Wanamake...

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