One of the most effective ways to boost consumer demand would be to extend support for people who are out of work throug...
We think a variety of Government spending programs, if increased, or Government tax revenues, if reduced, would spur eco...
if the Congress was to take action to repeal the defense portion of the sequester, all things being equal, that would ma...
Many analysts think that the country should spend more in the area of infrastructure.
If that were to lapse and that would mean that working people had less disposable income, especially at this point in ti...
the top 400 richest Americans, all making over $110 million per year and making an average of $271 million a year, paid ...
nondefense discretionary spending is shrinking dramatically over the next 10 years.
we are all entitled to our own opinions, but not to our own facts.
Isn't that right?
I just don't think--I think people need to take that into account.
I think many of us view your general approaches here as balanced approaches, balanced frameworks.
If we are to keep in place the tax cuts that were implemented in 2001, 2003 rather than allow them to lapse... we would ...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Barthold, for your testimony.
On CBO, when they score investments, when CBO looks at the investment side, investment infrastructure and education, the...
So now to get back to your scoring, though, when tax cuts are scored, whether they were 2001, 2003, because you do not t...
we have to increase revenues beyond current policy if we want to avoid very deep cuts.
the last time that our budget was balanced was back in the 2001, 2000 time period.
I think it is important, as we look at this challenge, to look at both sides of the equation there.