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    Reforming the Corporate Tax Code

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    Sign the Petition to Fix the Debt

    Between a Mountain of Debt and a Fiscal Cliff

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Reforming the Corporate Tax Code

 

CRFB has just released a policy paper on corporate tax reform along with an interactive tax reform calculator. Use our calculator to explore how low you can reform the corproate tax rate while also being fiscally responsible.

 

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Comparing the Ryan Plan to...the Ryan Plan

 

There has been much discussion over the "Ryan Plan" since the House Budget Chairman was selected by Governor Romney to be his running-mate. However, there is not just one Ryan plan, but multiple iterations of the Congressman's proposals. They have evolved over time on specifics, although the overall approach has remained clear.

Read the full blog here.

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Sign the Petition to Fix the Debt

 

A petition to Fix the Debt recently started on Change.org has quickly garnered tens of thousands of signatures in a matter of days. It is now available on the Fix the Debt website at www.FixTheDebt.org.

 

 

 

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Between a Mountain of Debt and a Fiscal Cliff

 

CRFB updated its analysis of the fiscal changes set to take effect at the end of the year, arguing that policymakers should replace the cliff with smart and gradual deficit reduction measures to prevent a mountain of debt in the future.

 

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Reports and Releases

September 26, 2012
Report: Reforming the Corporate Tax Code
September 21, 2012
Op-Ed: Debt Solution Must Be Bipartisan
September 21, 2012
To Get the Top Rate to 28 Percent, Cut Investment Tax Breaks
September 14, 2012
CRFB Reacts to OMB's Report on the Sequester
September 11, 2012
CRFB Reacts to Six-Month Continuing Resolution
September 7, 2012
With Conventions Out of the Way, It's Time for Leaders to Lead
August 22, 2012
Report: Analysis of CBO's Updated Budget and Economic Outlook
August 16, 2012
Release: 92,000 Americans Sign Debt Petition in One Week
August 15, 2012
Table: Comparison of Ryan's Proposals
August 2, 2012
Release: Davis, Steele, Rendell, Gregg Call for Debates on Debt Reduction
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October 3, 2012
CRFB To Fact Check Tonight's Debate

The wait is finally over. Tonight in Denver will be the first of the three presidential debates, and there will be an opportunity to hear directly from the candidates about their plans to take on our federal debt problem.

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October 2, 2012
Taxpayers for Common Sense's $2 Trillion Plan to Avoid the Sequester

Yesterday the group Taxpayers for Common Sense released a report with over $2 trillion in deficit reduction. The report, "Sliding Past the Sequester," takes up the task of the Super Committee and puts forth a list of cuts to programs or measures that they deem are "inefficient, ineffective, or wasteful," adding up to $800 billion beyond the Super Committee's original requirement.

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October 2, 2012
Event Recap: The Imperative of Entitlement Reform and Health Care Cost Control

In the fourth and final event in the series Strengthening of America, "The Imperative of Entitlement and Health Care Cost Growth," former Members of Congress joined budget and health experts to discuss entitlement reform and controlling federal health care costs. As we've explained many times before, health care cost growth projections far exceed growth in all other areas of federal spending.

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May 19, 2010
As Congress Sidesteps The Budget, You Can Step In

CRFB encourages you to check out our budget simulator: Stabilize the Debt!

It's no secret that America's finances are a mess. The problem of our mounting debt can't be solved overnight, but we need to start addressing it now. In this online simulator, visitors get to make the hard choices themselves in order to stabilize the debt at 60% of GDP by 2018.

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June 16, 2011
CRFB Unveils Fiscal Plan Comparison Website!

Check out CRFB's Fiscal Plan Comparison Tool!

The Comparison Tool is an interactive website that allows users to compare up to 3 fiscal plans side-by-side. A countless number of budgets or fiscal plans have been released in the past year and a half, and our new website is an easy way to compare and keep track of them.

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CRFB Projects

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Fix the Debt

The Campaign to Fix the Debt is an unprecended and bipartisan coalition that seeks to mobilize members of business, government, and policy communities to urge Congress and the President to enact a comprehensive debt deal.

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U.S. Budget Watch

U.S. Budget Watch is a project of CRFB designed to increase awareness of the important fiscal issues facing the country. Throughout the 2012 campaign, U.S. Budget Watch will provide non-partisan and independent analysis of proposals that have significant fiscal impacts.

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Moment of Truth Project

The Moment of Truth (MOT) project is a non-profit, non-partisan effort that seeks to foster honest discussion about the nation’s fiscal challenges, the difficult choices that must be made to solve them, and the potential for bipartisan compromise that can move the debate forward and set our country on a sustainable path.

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Bill Frenzel

Jim Nussle

Timothy Penny

Charlie Stenholm

President

Maya MacGuineas

Directors

Barry Anderson

Erskine Bowles

Charles Bowsher

Steve Coll

Dan Crippen

Vic Fazio

Bill Gradison, Jr.

William H. Gray, III

William Hoagland

James Jones

Lou Kerr

Jim Kolbe

James T. McIntyre, Jr.

David Minge

June O'Neill

Paul O'Neill

Marne Obernauer, Jr.

Robert Packwood

Rudolph Penner

Peter G. Peterson

Robert Reischauer

Alice Rivlin

Charles Robb

Martin Sabo

Alan K. Simpson

John Spratt

Eugene Steuerle

David Stockman

John Tanner

Laura Tyson

George Voinovich

Paul Volcker

Carol Cox Wait

David Walker

Joseph R. Wright, Jr.

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Robert Strauss

 
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