Commentary: Next Round on the Deficit
Big Dangers Ahead for the Economy, the Budget, and Low-Income People
End Notes
[1] Richard Kogan, “Congress Has Cut Discretionary Funding By $1.5 Trillion Over Ten Years,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 8, 2012, https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/9-25-12bud.pdf.
[2] Richard Kogan, “$2 Trillion in Deficit Savings Would Achieve Key Goal: Stabilizing the Debt Over the Next Decade,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 1, 2012, https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/11-1-12bud.pdf.
[3] “Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, on Speaker Boehner’s Recent Remarks Concerning the Debt Limit,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 16, 2012, https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/5-16-12bud-stmt.pdf.
[4] Robert Greenstein, “Disparate Treatment: Permanent, Million-Dollar Estate-Tax Breaks for Wealthy Heirs Vs. Temporary Tax Credit Improvements for Low-Income Working Families,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Off The Charts blog, January 4, 2013, http://www.offthechartsblog.org/disparate-treatment-permanent-million-dollar-estate-tax-breaks-for-wealthy-heirs-vs-temporary-tax-credit-improvements-for-low-income-working-families/.
[5] Chye-Ching Huang, “Budget Deal Makes Permanent 82 Percent of President Bush’s Tax Cuts,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 3, 2013, https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1-3-13tax.pdf.
[6] Robert Greenstein, “The Next Act: Further Deficit Reduction Must Include a Mix of Revenues and Spending Cuts,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Off the Charts blog, January 2, 2013, http://www.offthechartsblog.org/the-next-act-further-deficit-reduction-must-include-a-mix-of-revenues-and-spending-cuts/.
[7] Russell Berman, “Boehner tells GOP he’s through negotiating one-on-one with Obama,” The Hill, January 2, 2013, http://thehill.com/homenews/house/275295-boehner-tells-gop-hes-done-with-one-on-one-obama-talks.
[8] Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Sunday, January 6, 2013, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-senate-minority-leader-mitch-mcconnell/story?id=18134125&page=2#.UOsLeG_AeSo.
[9] Paul Van de Water, “Don’t Play Politics with the Debt Ceiling,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Off the Charts blog, January 4, 2013, http://www.offthechartsblog.org/dont-play-politics-with-the-debt-ceiling/.
[10] Richard Kogan, “Non-Defense Discretionary Programs Will Face Serious Pressures Under Current Funding Caps,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, December 6, 2012, https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/12-4-12bud.pdf.
[11] Kelsey Merrick and Jim Horney, “Chairman Ryan Gets 62 Percent of His Huge Budget Cuts from Programs for Lower-Income Americans,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 23, 2012, https://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3723.
[12] Robert Greenstein and Richard Kogan, “House Budget Bills Would Target Programs for Lower-Income Families While Breaking Last Summer’s Bipartisan Deal,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 10, 2012, https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/5-7-12bud.pdf.