Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 14, 2009, 9:28 pm
Congress is so unwilling to make a specific commitment to longer-term fiscal responsibility that they’d give up another short-term deficit-financed spending spree to avoid the more permanent com...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 12, 2009, 8:45 pm
It’s kind of silly, the talk about using unspent TARP money to “fund” anything else outside of TARP.  The TARP funds are borrowed money, and we’ve literally borrowed any of th...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 9, 2009, 11:49 pm
Well, they come in lots of varieties and come from all different parts of the country.  Here’s a neat little video CNN-Money produced out of their tagging along with the Concord Coalition’...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 8, 2009, 8:30 am
At our national conference on fiscal stewardship on Capitol Hill yesterday, the Concord Coalition released a report containing the recommendations of its nationwide “fiscal advisory councils....
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 6, 2009, 8:21 pm
Today’s Washington Post had this story by Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray on the evolving Senate health reform bill.  The title of the article was “Deals cut with health groups may be...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 4, 2009, 11:30 pm
This week the White House hosted a “jobs summit” to brainstorm about the best ways to create more jobs in the U.S. economy.  In opening the summit, President Obama touted the job-creating...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 3, 2009, 9:59 pm
A group of over 30 national, “progressive” organizations released this statement (and sent to the President, key Administration officials, and every member of Congress) on Wednesday, decry...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 2, 2009, 2:05 pm
One version of a toothless, continuous-feedback loop - “Precious” the dog precious talking for her soft food @ Yahoo! Video Continuing on what gives me (and other fiscal hawkish types) &...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Dec 1, 2009, 9:41 pm
The President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board was supposed to release its “Tax Task Force” report this Friday.  Instead, the Board’s Chairman, Paul Volcker, released this s...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 30, 2009, 2:42 pm
A story by Lori Montgomery in today’s Washington Post offers an interesting critique of those of us who worry about fiscal sustainability in the context of health reform (emphasis added): As th...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 28, 2009, 9:55 pm
(War bonds ad from the 1940s, from “Found in Mom’s Basement” blog.) As Bruce Bartlett explains in his Forbes column, when a war is deficit financed, people tend to (way) underestima...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 26, 2009, 7:50 am
Happy Thanksgiving!  As I get ready for a happy day full of cooking and catching up with my kids (human and canine!), I went back to my post last Thanksgiving (“Giving Thanks”) and realiz...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 25, 2009, 1:17 am
OK, I’m jumping into this controversy about screening for breast cancer (mammograms, self exams, and the under- versus over-50 issue) a week late, but not because I haven’t been following ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 23, 2009, 8:43 pm
I like Ed Andrews’ New York Times article on how we’re running out of ways to cheaply finance our federal debt.  Ed explains: The White House estimates that the government will have to b...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 22, 2009, 9:23 pm
The cover story in this week’s Economist magazine discusses “dealing with America’s fiscal hole.” The “hole” is described not as something we’ll have to dig o...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 21, 2009, 9:54 pm
Hooray! Tonight we’re one step closer to getting a deficit-neutral health care reform bill that has at least some hope of “bending the health cost curve” in the future. Oh wait, ma...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 19, 2009, 9:55 pm
On e21, Donald Marron writes about a recent IMF analysis that compares the budget deficits of 22 advanced countries.  Donald explains how the U.S.’s budget outlook might look quite grim, but we...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 18, 2009, 3:02 pm
I’m in New York City today for the Concord Coalition’s annual fundraising dinner that’s tonight.  When I come to NYC I come fully prepared to face higher prices than I normally have...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 16, 2009, 10:15 pm
CQ’s Richard Rubin writes in this week’s CQ magazine (as part of the cover story on “Health Care’s Taxing Questions”–here’s link to a LexisNexis reprint) that...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 15, 2009, 8:29 am
Saturday Night Live’s Jason Sudeikis is hilarious as VP Joe Biden, taking over for President Obama in the Oval Office while the President’s out of the country, talking about “just...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 14, 2009, 11:15 pm
I’m just back from Denver, where in the opening session on “Dealing with the Fiscal Outlook” of the National Tax Association annual conference, I had been tasked with discussing the ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 14, 2009, 8:30 am
I’m still in Denver at the National Tax Association conference, but headed out before the big snow comes! I have many things to catch up on here, but no time right now. In the meantime, see if...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 12, 2009, 12:01 am
The President’s budget director, Peter Orszag, was on NPR’s Morning Edition on Wednesday morning.  He talked about the really difficult fiscal policy dilemma the federal government faces ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 9, 2009, 9:58 pm
Have you ever thought you could be WAY more fiscally responsible than our politicians are?  Go ahead and test yourself on the Concord Coalition’s new online version of our “Principles and...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 8, 2009, 10:09 pm
The Washington Post’s Alec MacGillis asks a rather provocative question in today’s Outlook section: “Why won’t Obama give you a job?” The article challenges the Administ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 7, 2009, 8:25 pm
In his Forbes column this week, Bruce Bartlett explains how to set up a deficit-reduction commission who can speak the real truth and thus come up with real solutions.  Bruce’s key recommendati...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 6, 2009, 10:56 pm
I think this is one of the coolest radio interviews I’ve done (click here for the link to the podcast)–not because of anything new I said that I haven’t said a million times before, ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 5, 2009, 10:24 pm
President Obama’s budget director, Peter Orszag, gave a really nice speech on the economy and fiscal policy this week.  It reinforces my belief that: (1) Peter really doesn’t view the ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 4, 2009, 9:55 pm
The news tonight (to appear in Thursday’s Washington Post): The Senate voted Wednesday to renew the government’s $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers through the first six months ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 3, 2009, 1:41 pm
Because it usually doesn’t work out so well, as illustrated in this NPR Marketplace video (part of their new “Department of Behavioral Economics”) featuring Marketplace senior editor...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 2, 2009, 9:06 pm
It took me awhile to catch onto this (I guess real life got in the way of reading the legislation or even the revenue estimate carefully), but the House health care reform bill not only fails to provi...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Nov 1, 2009, 9:55 pm
This week’s Economist magazine has a fascinating cover story on the world’s declining fertility rate and what it means for economic growth and the sustainability of the planet more general...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 31, 2009, 1:08 am
My boss, Bob Bixby, wrote up his initial thoughts on the House health reform bill in his usual “prime time” last night–around 3 am.  (And I am finally posting on this after a midnig...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 29, 2009, 3:56 pm
The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that our economy might be growing again–for the first time since the second quarter of 2008–and hence that we might be out of this recession...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 28, 2009, 11:32 pm
Wednesday’s Washington Post featured an Ezra Klein column in the FOOD section of the paper (right next to a story on bouillon, no less)!  I love it, because it’s still mostly about budget...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 27, 2009, 10:55 pm
First we heard that estate tax legislation would be considered as early as next week in the House, but tonight Majority Leader Hoyer suggested it could be put off until the very last minute:  up to s...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 26, 2009, 10:55 pm
Today the Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, delivered these remarks at the Center for American Progress.  (Full text of speech is here.)  Based on the sel...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 25, 2009, 10:56 pm
I didn’t realize that this weekend’s Saturday Night Live was a repeat (of a fairly recent show) until I went looking for the video of this sketch on Russian brides.  Somehow it reminded m...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 23, 2009, 10:57 pm
I’m back in DC after a great trip to Denver with many of my Concord Coalition colleagues.  It’s work trips like that that make me feel so fortunate to have a job that I love so much that ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 23, 2009, 9:05 am
I’ll write my report on Denver later tonight (am still here in Denver until this afternoon), but I’ve at least got time to mention that at yesterday’s all-day/evening events here, my...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 21, 2009, 7:14 pm
An editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal suggests that the Obama Administration and the Democrats in Congress have come up with a new and clever way to deceive the American public about the c...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 20, 2009, 10:59 pm
I’m on the road for the next few days, traveling to Denver to participate in a Concord-sponsored student summit on fiscal responsibility, “Paying for America,” on Thursday at the Uni...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 19, 2009, 9:31 pm
As we explained in a Concord Coalition press release today: The Senate is expected to consider a bill this week that would permanently increase physician reimbursement rates relative to the current M...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 18, 2009, 7:39 am
I’ve got a contribution to the “Topic A” opinion feature in today’s Washington Post; the question: Should Congress fulfill President Obama’s request for a one-time $250 p...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 17, 2009, 2:22 pm
Today’s headline in the Washington Post:  “Record-High Deficit May Dash Big Plans”–refers primarily to President Obama’s “big plans” for further deficit-fina...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 15, 2009, 8:03 am
Exhibit A:  Congress and the Administration Call for a $250 Payment to Seniors…for What?!! Well, for non-inflation and hence the non-COLA they are getting in their Social Security payments in ...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 15, 2009, 6:02 am
STILL NOT WORKING THURS. 10/15… My spam blocker isn’t working right again (Wed. 10/14), so all comments will be queued up for moderation again until I figure out it’s back to normal...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 13, 2009, 10:58 pm
Bruce Bartlett did a nice job arguing against stuck-in-the-70s Larry Kudlow on CNBC today, in discussing his new book, The New American Economy. (Bruce blogged about the book’s “RIP Suppl...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 12, 2009, 11:41 pm
Last Wednesday at the World Business Forum (where I was a “featured blogger” and where I “tweeted” for the first time) President Bill Clinton was asked during his post-speech c...
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Diane Lim R. posted an article on EconomistMom - Oct 11, 2009, 11:38 am
Saturday’s Washington Post contained this editorial on the false notion that Congress has come up with any plan for health care reform that is truly deficit neutral.  The basic charge:  neithe...
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