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'Good News' in Medicare Report Isn't As Good As It Sounds

Good news comes and goes rather quickly in the 2010 Medicare Trustees’ Report. It begins with the optimistic ...

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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Defense Secretary Sets Good Example With More Belt-tightening at the Pentagon

Defense Secretary Robert Gates forged ahead this week with more cost-cutting and efficiency efforts at the Pentagon, providing ...

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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Legislation to Help States Offers a Model for Re-ordering Budget Priorities

Returning briefly from its summer recess, the House of Representatives today approved a bill that would spend $26 ...

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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Delaying Social Security Reform Will Only Make the Job Harder

Social Security’s contribution to the overall fiscal gap over the coming decades is smaller than Medicare’s, as the program’s ...

Monday, August 9, 2010

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Concord Coalition Urges Focus on Cost Growth Rather Than Trust Fund Balance in Evaluating Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report

WASHINGTON----With the 2010 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Report scheduled to be released on Thursday, The Concord Coalition ...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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Deficit Concerns, Other Priorities Point Toward Tighter Pentagon Budgets

If President Obama was looking for Congress to rubber-stamp his request for additional “emergency” funding for military operations ...

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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No Sweet Talk on Social Security as Fiscal Commission Weighs Possible Reforms

Lollipops became an unexpected point of contention as the President’s fiscal commission turned its attention to Social Security. ...

Monday, August 2, 2010

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Budget and Appropriations Update

Below are several developments we have been following since the last edition of the Washington Budget Report (sign ...

Monday, August 2, 2010

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U.S., Britain Take Different Approaches to Budget Deficits

Despite important political and economic ties, Britain and the United States are pursuing very different policies to deal ...

Monday, July 26, 2010

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Stuck in the Deficit Ditch

New projections released on Friday afternoon by the Obama administration show that the nation’s finances remain in a ...

Monday, July 26, 2010

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Stuck in the Deficit Ditch

Projections released Friday by the Obama administration show that the nation’s finances remain in a deep deficit ditch. ...

Monday, July 26, 2010

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Credible Long-Term Budget Plan Should Precede Any Permanent Tax Cut Extensions

In recent weeks the congressional Appropriations Committees made considerable progress on bills for the coming fiscal year. But ...

Monday, July 26, 2010

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