Tag results for: deficit
Opinion | Higher Taxes Won’t Save Social Security
Lifting the payroll tax cap may extend the program’s life a little, but only at the expense economic vitality.
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Opinion | A Debt-Ceiling Breach Would Be Disastrous
Lawmakers should defuse the crisis first, then negotiate long-term spending cuts.
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Opinion | Congress Once Constrained Government Debt
In 1920, lawmakers curbed spending by putting a single committee in charge of the overall budget.
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Opinion | Debt, Not the Debt Limit, Is the Real Fiscal Crisis
A spending blowout and higher interest rates make spending cuts not only necessary but urgent.
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Opinion | The Government Debt Threat Keeps Mounting
If you thought the 2008 financial crisis was bad, wait until Washington has to stop borrowing.
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Opinion | The Dilemma of the ‘Working Class’ House Republicans
Do they follow Donald Trump’s or Paul Ryan’s fiscal lead?
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