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Eugene steuerle argues recent budget decisions have hampered the ability policymakers to solve many of todays problems. He says education, Public Welfare and housing policies are affected the most. This hour and 10 Minute Program starts now on booktv. Well, welcome. Im in a shaker dusky. Im a senior fellow here at the Humphrey School and faculty director of the public not private leadership center. We are happy to host this event today. What we are going to do is have a presentation by dr. Steuerle, some comments by a senior fellow here at the Humphrey School, our [roll call] and then some questions from you and some answers from dr. Steuerle. So let me introduce dr. Steuerle. See eugene starley mr. Richard b. Chair at the urban institute and a columnist for the g ....
Some comments by fellow senior fellow here at the humphrey school, art rolnick, and then some questions from you and some answers from dr. Steurle. See Eugene Steuerle is a richard b. Fisher chair and institute fell at the urban institute, and the colonists for the government we deserve. He has served as Deputy Assistant secretary of the treasury for tax analysis, president of the National Tax Association cochair of the 1999 Technical Panel advising Social Security and its methods and assumptions, economic coordinator and National Organizer of the 1984 treasury study that led to the Tax ....
In a household that is growing, aging and expects its inevitable doesnt say lets decide today the house we will by 30 or so now and let sign a contract. In many ways thats exactly what government has done. If you think about it, its just a silly notion because we dont see the future well enough to predetermine what the best way to spend those revenues are. Howd we get out of this bind . Economically its simple. Politically its difficult. Basically the democrats must simply give up on trying to control the growth of progress. They have to cut back on things like Social Security benefits. Im saying with have to give up on is the builtin growth in spending largely dominated in health and retirement programs, the builtin growth in spending prepared to give up on controlling it today. Let us decide tomorrow whether its the best use of resources. Republicans have to give up on the builtin growth in tax subsidies that often have the sam ....