The Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs’ Health Proposals: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
November 18th, 2010
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin
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Michael Ramlet
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The federal government’s unsustainable long-run fiscal picture has been outlined in successive versions of the Congressional Budget Office’s Long-Term Budget Outlook. The policy problem is that spending rises above any reasonable level of taxation for the indefinite future. As it currently stands, committed federal expenditures are expected to grow from 20 percent of gross domestic... Read the rest of this entry »
