Rx for the Federal Deficit: The Four Percent Solution


 

Publication Date: September 1990

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Scott A. Hodge

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Budget

Type: Report

Abstract:

Congress, throughout the budget summit process, has been demonstrating that it will not take the lead in solving the budget crisis. George Bush thus must lead. He must be willing to confront Congress by giving lawmakers a choice: the Four Percent Solution or a sequester. Congress has everything to lose if it forces a sequester. All the cards are in the President’s hands.