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Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: An Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

Feb 27, 2006

On February 6th, President Bush unveiled his budget for the 2007 fiscal year. This issue brief evaluates the President’s budget based on The Concord Coalition’s Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense. These criteria, which were established to help sort through the…

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Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: What to Look for in the President’s Budget

Feb 3, 2006

On Monday February 6, President Bush will unveil his Fiscal Year 2007 budget. A thorough evaluation of how it all adds up must await the details, but based on proposals outlined by the President in his State of the Union…

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The CBO January Baseline: A Deceptively Benign Outlook

Feb 1, 2006

The outlook for the federal budget is deceptively benign under the January 2006 baseline assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In its latest 10-year projections, CBO describes a budget that will reach balance in 2012 and stay balanced through…

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Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: Analysis of Congressional Actions by The Concord Coalition

Dec 20, 2005

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Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: Criteria for Evaluating Budget Plans

Dec 20, 2005

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Mar 30, 2005

One of the most confusing things about the current Social Security debate is the many and sometimes divergent descriptions of the program's financial problem. Numbers are thrown about fast and furious to support one side or the other's contention about…

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