Why We Build Fiscal Cliffs
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
After that the Bush administration and a Republican-majority Congress decided in 2001 to effectively set paygo aside. The then-sainted Alan Greenspan had given them ample cover, by expressing concerns that surpluses might eventually kill the bond market. In 2010, Congress voted to extend the 2001 cuts for two years.
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