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Given the current state of affairs it is safe to say creating a budget is not an easy task. That is why I have created a thread to explore this very topic.
There has been many references to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, or the Simpson-Bowles, report. The Commission included 18 members and one executive director appointed by the president. This included six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and six members of the U.S. Senate. There were five public meeting in which 12 individuals testified and one public forum featuring nearly 90 groups and individuals. The report seems to be well referenced but not very well liked. I went through the bio's of the twelve individuals who gave testimony and only one person seemed to have a relevant background to the topic, Doug Elmendorf. Full list below at end of post.
This thread will be similar to my other threads in which I chase a topic hoping to gain a little insight, or at least a little argument. Please feel free to provide either.
1. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve
2. Director Peter Orszag, Office of Management and Budget
3. Rudolph Penner, The Urban Institute
4. Robert Reischauer, frm. Congressional Budget Office
5. Carmen Reinhart, Professor, University of Maryland
6. Carlo Cottarell, International Monetary Fund
7. Doug Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office
8. Public Forum featuring nearly 90 groups and individuals
9. Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
10. Barry Anderson, fmr. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
11. Paul Posner, George Mason University
12. Janet S. Laurent, Government Accountability Office
13. Patricia Dalton; Government Accountability Office
There has been many references to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, or the Simpson-Bowles, report. The Commission included 18 members and one executive director appointed by the president. This included six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and six members of the U.S. Senate. There were five public meeting in which 12 individuals testified and one public forum featuring nearly 90 groups and individuals. The report seems to be well referenced but not very well liked. I went through the bio's of the twelve individuals who gave testimony and only one person seemed to have a relevant background to the topic, Doug Elmendorf. Full list below at end of post.
This thread will be similar to my other threads in which I chase a topic hoping to gain a little insight, or at least a little argument. Please feel free to provide either.
1. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve
2. Director Peter Orszag, Office of Management and Budget
3. Rudolph Penner, The Urban Institute
4. Robert Reischauer, frm. Congressional Budget Office
5. Carmen Reinhart, Professor, University of Maryland
6. Carlo Cottarell, International Monetary Fund
7. Doug Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office
8. Public Forum featuring nearly 90 groups and individuals
9. Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
10. Barry Anderson, fmr. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
11. Paul Posner, George Mason University
12. Janet S. Laurent, Government Accountability Office
13. Patricia Dalton; Government Accountability Office