Budgeting for National Priorities
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
2015
Mar
13
Past Event
Reaching the limit: Ending the cycle of debt ceiling showdowns
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Washington, DC
2012
Jul
25
Past Event
The Debate over the Fiscal Cliff and Tax Cuts: A Live Web Chat with Ron Haskins
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Washington, DC
2012
Jul
24
Past Event
Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff: A Conversation with Senator Pat Toomey (R-Penn.)
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Washington, DC
We’ve been telling... students and their families for years that college is the only way to succeed in the economy these days and of course there’s a lot of truth to that. On average it does pay off... But if you load up on a whole lot of student debt and then you don’t graduate, that is a very bad situation.
Don’t hold your breath [on Obama seriously tackling entitlement reform]. He has every reason to sit tight and play to his base. The American public is very much on his side.
[The fiscal cliff is] much larger than anything in the original stimulus package, except it’s going in the wrong direction. It’s slowing the economy instead of boosting it.