Douglas Holtz Eakin

Budget Expert: U.S. Fiscal Crisis 'Endangers our Prosperity and Freedom'

"The federal government faces an unprecedented fiscal challenge that risks the future well-being of our children and grandchildren." That's the warning issued by Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the moderator of a conference of budget experts who gathered at Washington's Mayflower Hotel Tuesday to evaluate the nation's fiscal crisis. The panelists, who were participating as part of the Pew-Peterson Commission on Budget Reform, generally did not view President Obama's tax and spending proposals as credible and noted that the president does not ...

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