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Taylor: Debate Over Reinhart/Rogoff Spreadsheet Error Trivializes Debt Problem
'[With no changes to entitlements] we're going to go a lot more than the numbers Reinhart and Rogoff talked about'
Tag: debt
Hensarling and Meeks Spar on Deficit Reduction
Meeks: 'We have a debt, not a spending problem'
Likely Voters: Romney More Trustworthy on Budget
Romney: 'I know what it takes to balance budgets. I've done it my entire life.'
Romney edged out Obama, 49-45, when extremely likely voters were asked which presidential candidate they’d trust to manage their family budget, according to a poll commissioned by national debt watchdog Public Notice.
Obama Hearts Entitlement Reform
The president has not always been so dismissive about efforts to save the country’s unsustainable entitlement programs. Both as a candidate for president in 2008 and at various points throughout his first term, Obama has highlighted the urgent need to reform federal entitlements.
Bursting the High Ed Bubble
Higher costs, lower benefits prompt reevaluation of college costs, experts say
The America’s Future Foundation hosted “Bursting the College Bubble: The Status of Higher Education Today” Thursday at the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, where four experts discussed the increased debt burden young Americans face and questioned the value of higher education relative to its cost.
The Fail Bus
Obama Democrats struggle in response to bad economic news
President Obama took a break from the Hollywood fundraising circuit last week to tout his economic record in front of ordinary voters. However, his two-day “Betting on America” bus tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania coincided with the release of another disappointing jobs report, the latest troubling news about the economy.
Obama Continues to Cite Bogus Study
Non-partisan fact-checkers dispute Obama campaign's claims
Statistical Follies
Center for American Progress Action Fund figures cited by Obama campaign and liberal media wildly misleading, experts say
A recent blog post authored by an employee of the left-wing Center for American Progress Action Fund and touted by the Obama campaign and media sympathizers is under fire from center-right experts, who charge that the post is flawed and misleading.
Business Leaders Mobilize on Debt
Business executives, wary of America’s mounting debt and looming fiscal crisis, are starting to make their feelings known to Congress and the president, according to the Wall Street Journal.
CBO: Obama’s Budget Would Reduce Long-Term Growth
No wonder Senate Dems don’t want to pass one