Make it part of any “grand bargain” over the fiscal you-know-what.
Budget
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Who’s to Blame for the “Fiscal Cliff” Misnomer?
I reveal the misleading term’s provenance.
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Why Obama Needs to Restart the Conversation on the Economy Now
Time to reframe the debate on the fiscal cliff
Posted inEconomic Policy
Turning the Cliff into a Launch Pad
Let’s keep the tax break for working people and pay for it by increasing taxes on higher income earners.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Mitt Romney’s Debt Explosion Plan
Team Romney plans to pivot to the debt today—with a plan that will grow it by leaps and bounds.
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(Fiscal) Cliffs Notes
The debt, the sequester, and the 2012 campaign
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How January’s Fiscal Cliff Turns into a Gentle Hill by February
Regardless of what happens on Election Day, at the beginning of next year more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts automatically go into effect. That’s equivalent to about 5 percent of the entire U.S. economy-more than the projected growth of the whole gross domestic product next year. The problem is, if we […]
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Better Know a Ballot Measure
The first in a Prospect series on the 174 initiatives and referendums up for a vote this November
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Netanyahu and the Magic Marker
The Israeli prime minister waxes hyperbolic on Iran, overshadowing discussions on the solutions that exist for the Middle East’s political woes.