Outgrowing the Deficit
November 17, 2010 - by
Let me keep pounding the drum I beat yesterday.
A front-page article in The New York Times today reinforces the need for politicians to talk about economic growth, not just budget cuts.
David Leonardt writes:
“We look back on the late 1990s as a rare time when the federal government ran budget surpluses. We tend to forget that those surpluses came as a surprise to almost everybody. As late as 1998, the Congressional Budget Office was predicting a deficit for 1999. In fact, Washington
He goes on to show how faster economic growth now could ease the deficit.
In politics, a positive and optimistic message always beats gloom and doom. That’s why Ronald Reagan won while many green-eyeshade, bean-counting Republicans lost.
Who will relearn that lesson this decade?
Outgrowing the Deficit
November 17, 2010/
Let me keep pounding the drum I beat yesterday.
A front-page article in The New York Times today reinforces the need for politicians to talk about economic growth, not just budget cuts.
David Leonardt writes:
“We look back on the late 1990s as a rare time when the federal government ran budget surpluses. We tend to forget that those surpluses came as a surprise to almost everybody. As late as 1998, the Congressional Budget Office was predicting a deficit for 1999. In fact, Washington
He goes on to show how faster economic growth now could ease the deficit.
In politics, a positive and optimistic message always beats gloom and doom. That’s why Ronald Reagan won while many green-eyeshade, bean-counting Republicans lost.
Who will relearn that lesson this decade?