Jason Peuquet

Research Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Fiscal Policy Program at the New America Foundation, focusing on federal budget, economic policy, and health care reform.

Raise The Debt Ceiling But Smart Debt Reduction Should Follow

Credit: Human Events At some point around mid-October, Congress and the President will have to raise the country’s $16.7 trillion debt ceiling or else risk a default on

By Jason Peuquet

/ September 11, 2013

Raise The Debt Ceiling But Smart Debt Reduction Should Follow