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   2004 Platform: National Debt

 
A Return to Fiscal Responsibility
Progressive Policy Institute
An overview of "a progressive plan to slash the deficit."
 
How to Balance the Budget
The Brookings Institution
Discussion of three plans to balance the budget: "One option emphasizes spending cuts and leads to a smaller government. A second relies on tax increases and leads to bigger government. The third maintains government's current size, but makes it more effective, and contains a mix of spending reductions and tax increases, sufficient to achieve balance in ten years while preserving room for some high-priority new initiatives."
 
Budget Shortfalls: Strategies for Closing Spending and Revenue Gaps  (56k PDF)
National Association of State Budget Officers
Discussion of short-term and long-term budget balancing strategies along with examples of measures that states are taking to close spending and revenue gaps.
 
John Kerry's Plan to Fight for America's Economic Future
Official press release from the Kerry campaign. Scroll to the bottom to read Kerry's plan to "restore fiscal discipline."
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