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Reducing the federal deficit is crucial to the nation’s long-term economic security and will require tackling difficult choices about raising revenues and reducing spending. The agreement averting the "fiscal cliff" only delayed sequestration until March, and other major budget issues, including the approaching debt ceiling, still remain. Brookings experts analyze the economic and political challenges of enacting sound fiscal policy, and offer recommendations for ensuring America's long-term fiscal stability and economic growth.
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May 13, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon
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Testimony | U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Opinion | The Washington Post
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May 9, 2013, Mark B. McClellan | comments
Opinion | The Hill
May 9, 2013, Martin Neil Baily and Glenn Hubbard
Opinion
May 8, 2013, Clifford Winston
In the News
It’s hard to imagine that it’s going to really be that expensive for online retailers to comply with the [“Internet Sales Tax”]. May 6, 2013, Tracy Gordon, ABC News
It’s hard to imagine that it’s going to really be that expensive for online retailers to comply with the [“Internet Sales Tax”].
May 3, 2013, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project | comments
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Maintaining Military Preeminence while Cutting the Defense Budget
2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon
Opinion | POLITICO
April 30, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Gen. David Petraeus
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Alice M. Rivlin
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
William G. Gale
Co-Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Director, Retirement Security Project
Isabel V. Sawhill
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Budgeting for National Priorities
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William A. Galston
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
The Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies