The organization that claims to champion deficit reduction actually wants to cut your Social Security.
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The Crypto-Reactionary Deficit Scolds
Today on X-Date: Squint at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and you see MAGA conservatives endorsing legislative hostage-taking.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Beltway’s Favorite Bogus Budget Model
The Penn Wharton Budget Model, bankrolled by finance moguls, is out to grow its power in Washington.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Twilight of the Deficit Hawks
Democrats have stopped being the willing partner in a great conspiracy to slash social insurance.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Smart Bipartisan Plan to Shore Up Social Security
Bill Cassidy and Angus King propose an American social wealth fund.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Marc Goldwein and the Limits of Deficit Scolding
On student debt cancellation, America’s foremost spending scold believes whatever he needs to believe to stop progress.
Posted inPolitics
Austerity Pete
Buttigieg settles on deficit hawkery as a closing argument in New Hampshire. It’s hard to think of a school of political thought with less credibility and less popularity.