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deficit hawks
March 6, 2023
Jason Linkins
The Deficit Hawks Are Circling the Biden Administration
It’s been a season of solid economic ideas from the White House. But some bad ideas are starting to bubble up from Washington’s sordid corners.
January 19, 2023
Grace Segers
Joe Manchin’s Latest Budget Plan Is a Blast From the Past
From atop the mountains of Davos, the West Virginia senator has brought down his next big idea: Bring back the supercommittee!
October 16, 2021
Jason Linkins
Don’t Let the Austerity Hacks Get Their Hooks in the Climate Debate
Nothing will fracture the global consensus on saving the planet than propagandists masquerading as avatars of fiscal responsibility.
September 15, 2021
Alex Shephard
How Kyrsten Sinema Convinced the Beltway Media That She’s the Sensible, Pragmatic One
All it took was some Excel spreadsheets.
August 9, 2021
Michael Tomasky
Infrastructure Week Could End the Era of Deficit Fearmongering
The public doesn’t care about deficits. It’s time for lawmakers to get with the program.
May 17, 2021
Matt Ford
Abolish the Debt Ceiling—by Raising It to One Googolplex Dollars
Democrats can end the insane tradition of holding the global economy hostage now and forever.
April 15, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Joe Biden Isn’t Close to Being a Historic President Yet
It’s not clear that the president even has a plan to pass the kind of legislation that would earn him comparisons to FDR.
March 4, 2021
Alex Yablon
The Deficit Hawks That Make Moderate Democrats Cower
Despite decades of being wrong, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget still calls the tune in Washington.
October 26, 2020
Bruce Bartlett
The Republicans’ Familiar, Troubling Plan to Torpedo Biden’s Presidency
Fiscally reckless GOP leaders are already laying the groundwork to attack spending under a Democratic administration.
May 13, 2020
Talmon Joseph Smith
The Deficit Hawks Are Circling Their Old Roosts
America may emerge from the coronavirus pandemic straight into a hot war over the future of the economy.
October 16, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Obama Beat the Hostage-Takers. Now He Has to Fight the Fiscal Scolds.
The fecklessness of Washington's professional budget alarmists
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