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Fiscal Responsibility

Maya MacGuineas: Fiscal Warrior, Systems Fixer

2021-10-01T09:40:37-05:00

Despite her reputation as a debt hawk, Maya MacGuineas was an early advocate for pandemic relief spending, and has launched FixUS to address a broken political system that has failed to exercise fiscal responsibility.

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Ross Perot: Early Advocate for Fiscal Responsibility

2021-09-30T08:54:35-05:00

In 1992, billionaire entrepreneur Ross Perot put fiscal responsibility and the national debt on the political radar during his third-party campaign for President. At the time, the debt had doubled in a decade to 47% of GDP. Perot believed this to be unsustainable.

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