Hints of a Deal or a Flase Dawn?; The Deficit Supercommittee  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8759 (Nov. 2011), page 42.
Topik: Fiscal Policy; Political Parties
Fulltext: Hints of a deal.pdf (41.31KB)

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America is at an impasse over its finances because, in a nutshell, Democrats will not agree to less generous social entitlements unless Republicans agree to tax increases; and Republicans will not agree to tax increases. This dynamic has produced one showdown already and now threatens another as a "supercommittee" of six Democratic and six Republican legislators seeks $1.2 trillion-1.5 trillion in deficit cuts over the coming decade by November 23rd. It is thus significant that Republicans may be wavering in their opposition to higher taxes. On November 2nd 60 Democratic and 40 Republican members of the House of Representatives sent a letter urging the committee to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion, which would, unlike the $1.5 trillion target, be enough to put the federal debt on a downward path as a share of gross domestic product. All spending and revenues "must be on the table," it said.

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