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New Study Finds Student Loan Switch to Market Rates Would Save Students Money & Save Taxpayers Billions
May 23, 2013 |
Education
| Noelle Clemente
Proposal Would Save Students Up to $1,413 Over the Life of Their Loan; Save Taxpayers $4 Billion Over Next Decade 
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More Than 110 Top Conservative Economists Send Letter Supporting Immigration Reform
May 23, 2013 |
Immigration Reform
| Noelle Clemente
WASHINGTON, DC - More than 110 influential conservative economists released an open letter to Congressional leadership today supporting immigration reform and touting its economic and budgetary benefits for America. The letter, led by American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin, includes a who's who of conservative luminaries: Nobel Laureate in Economics Edward Prescott, Art Laffer, Glenn Hubbard, Ed Lazear, Larry Lindsey, June O’Neill, George Schultz and more.
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7 Ways the Senate Budget is Even More Liberal Than You Think
Mar 18, 2013 |
Budget
| admin
The Senate budget claims credit for $4.4 trillion in debt reduction, including 1. Savings from the Debt Ceiling deal (2011 Budget Control Act) 2. Savings from the Fiscal Cliff deal (2013 American Taxpayer Relief Act) But those already happened. The Senate Budget claims to cut spending by $975 billion, but it also pretends
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8 Things that cost the same as the sequester
Feb 27, 2013 |
Budget
| admin
  1. The Cost to bailout AIG 2. 17% of what Americans spent on gas in 2012 3. $10 billion less than Americans spent on beer in 2011
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The Impact of the Fiscal Cliff on Financial Markets
Dec 05, 2012 |
Economy
| Communications Staff
All - You've surely heard a lot about the potential impacts of going over the fiscal cliff. But what will it do to the financial markets?
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Wall Street Journal Finds Financial Market Reaction to Cliff Would Be Severe
Dec 05, 2012 |
Economy
| Communications Staff
NOTE: If investors start to doubt that a deal will be reached, the consequences could prove severe and difficult to reverse. Such doubts could spark broad selloffs, causing consumers and businesses to retrench, damping investment and job creation. Republican economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin says in a report to be released Wednesday by the American Action Forum, the right-leaning think tank he leads, that the CBO's estimates understate the depth of a "fiscal cliff" recession next year because economic models can't fully account for financial-market effects.
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AAF Analysis Finds Cliff Diving Will Have Immediate, Irreversible Impact on Financial Markets
Dec 05, 2012 |
Economy
| Communications Staff
WASHINGTON - A new analysis from the American Action Forum finds that going over the fiscal cliff would not only have an effect on unemployment, but also on the financial markets as well. American Action Forum President Doug Holtz-Eakin and COO Cameron Smith found that "cliff diving would have significant impact on financial markets, impair asset values, exacerbate credit stringency, and amplify the direct effects on the main street economy. Moreover, contrary to what some have asserted, such impacts cannot be 'unwound' by retroactively legislating away the fiscal cliff."
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Report:Health Care Law Imposes $27 Billion in Costs on Private Sector, States
Oct 12, 2012 |
Regulation
| Communications Staff
Report:Health Care Law Imposes $27 Billion in Costs on Private Sector, States Free Enterprise Sean Hackbarth
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Report:Health Care Law Imposes $27 Billion in Costs on Private Sector, States
Oct 12, 2012 |
Regulation
| Communications Staff
Report:Health Care Law Imposes $27 Billion in Costs on Private Sector, States Free Enterprise Sean Hackbarth
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The Cost Of Obamacare
Oct 11, 2012 |
Regulation
| Communications Staff
The Cost Of Obamacare Fox Business October 10, 2012
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