"He's been saying a lot of the right things," said Marc Goldwein, policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "[But] the numbers in his 2010 budget assume the economy recovers very quickly and the deficits in the out years are ...
"It's a symbol to show he's serious," said Marc Goldwein, the policy director of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He lauded Obama's efforts to implement pay-as-you-go and some other policies, but to achieve bigger savings, ...
"It's always a good sign when the president is talking about savings," said Marc Goldwein, policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan group that advocates fiscal discipline. "It's valuable as a symbol," he said, ...
"It's a good thing that there are watchdogs out there watching," said Marc Goldwein, the policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "My own criticism is that it's a little bit of a distraction from the big picture. ...
Washington, DC -- As the United States approaches "Tax Day" this
Wednesday, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) urges
politicians to begin thinking about comprehensive and fundamental tax
reform.
"I would never put money on politicians being willing to increase taxes or cut spending," said Marc Goldwein, policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a bipartisan advocacy group. "That's a losing proposition for them. But if there is ever going to be a time for that, the next two to three years is a golden opportunity." Original article
“Projections for future years rarely come true,” said Marc Goldwein, policy director at the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. “I don’t see this in the next 10 years. We just have too many challenges we have to face,” said Rep. ...
"I can't see any politically palatable spending level that would allow Republicans to cut taxes this much and reduce the budget deficit," said Marc Goldwein, the policy director for the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...
In our
previous release (President
Obama's FY2010 Budget), we discussed the broad fiscal impact of the
FY2010 Budget Blueprint. We commended the President for having a specific
fiscal goal, honestly budgeting for expected costs, and for providing offsets
for many of the new policies he supports. However, we expressed strong concern
that the budget included items in the baseline (such as AMT patches, Medicare patches,
and the renewal of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts), as a way to avoid paying for
Today, President Obama signed into law the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The "stimulus bill" represents the latest
and largest effort by the federal government to boost the deteriorating
economy. (For details of all efforts to date, see www.usbudgetwatch.org/stimulus).
