so, this sounds really loud to me. does it sound okay to people? yeah? hello everybody. i m maya mcginnis. i run the committee for responsible budget. i m pleased you joined us for our forum. many of you probably know this, but the committee for responsible federal budget is a bipartisan organization focused on fiscal responsibility. and if you look at the world right now where the debt is at near record levels, never been this high relative to the economy since world war ii and the deficit is the largest it s ever been when the economy is this strong it s a really important issue to focus on right now. i m smiling so i don t cry. i was thinking i look really happy. it s a troubling time for fiscal policy. there s no question about that. let me just tell you quickly about two projects that we are doing before i kick off our really great panels and speakers for this afternoon. the first project we re doing right now is something we do every year on election year called u.s. bu
process. they spoke at an event hosted by the committee for a responsible federal budget. so, this sounds really loud to me. does it sound okay to people? yeah? hello everybody. i m maya mcginnis. i run the committee for responsible budget. i m pleased you joined us for our forum. many of you probably know this, but the committee for responsible federal budget is a bipartisan organization focused on fiscal responsibility. and if you look at the world right now where the debt is at near record levels, never been this high relative to the economy since world war ii and the deficit is the largest it s ever been when the economy is this strong it s a really important issue to focus on right now. i m smiling so i don t cry. i was thinking i look really happy. it s a troubling time for fiscal policy. there s no question about that. let me just tell you quickly about two projects that we are doing before i kick off our really great panels and speakers for this afternoon. the first
on the campaign trail. not only for the presidential candidates but also the upcoming senate, house, and governor races. it is free. it is easily accessible. it s all there at c-span.org. members of the senate budget committee along with budget experts discuss ways to improve the congressional budgeting process. they spoke at an event hosted by the committee for a responsible federal budget. so, this sounds really loud to me. does it sound okay to people? yeah? hello everybody. i m maya mcginnis. i run the committee for responsible budget. i m pleased you joined us for our forum. many of you probably know this, but the committee for responsible federal budget is a bipartisan organization focused on fiscal responsibility. and if you look at the world right now where the debt is at near record levels, never been this high relative to the economy since world war ii and the deficit is the largest it s ever been when the economy is this strong it s a really important issue to
and secondarily, the future is made of swarms of small things. how do we get the pentagon to realize you want to buy 1000 toyotas instead of one lexus? they keep missing the boat on that and creating giant aircraft carriers. one torpedo takes out a huge amount of our capability. that s crazy. mac thornberry: well, both good questions. i ve already forgot the first one. oh, the two i m sorry. this year s defense bill will abolish the qdr. too much time, effort for nothing. and part of our frustration is, that it becomes, became a budget justification document, not really a strategy document. and so, that really gets to what you are talking about. we have adjusted the two mc kind of approach just based on the budgets, rather than the other way around, rather than looking at the world, trying to see what, ok, what sizing construct makes sense for the world we re facing, and then develop the budgets to support them. so we have provided a different system of kind of thinking abo
by the time these cases get process for the debbie g oh, what happens with the politicians in the future might not have the same interest in limited government and good tax policy? they get the wto decision and they say be simplest way to deal with this is make wages no longer deductible. even though it s a subtraction method, debbie geo would probably approve it, and that, of course, i think you might as well fold up shop. thechance of controlling size of government would be very, very low. this is something i think we need to seriously think about. also, we have to think about the implications for tax competition, which i think is one of the few good things on our side controlling the greed of the political class. the better way plan in some sense is based on a plan that was published by the center for american progress, which is not exactly an organization that is friendly to limited government and low tax rates. the very first subtitle was avoiding the race to the bottom