Tax and Budget Policy in Year One


 

Publication Date: November 2008

Publisher:

Author(s): Len Burman

Research Area: Economics

Keywords: Fiscal policy; Presidential transition; Budget

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

As President-Elect Obama's sometimes pal, Bill Clinton, likes to say, “Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.” The immediate priority for the administration must be to extricate the country from the perilous economic situation the financial market meltdown has created, but the short-term actions we take now should not exacerbate the country’s even more serious long-term fiscal problems.