Title

How To Trim the Deficit Without Raising Taxes

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis

Files

Publication Date

8-1-1990

Series Information

Occasional Paper 84

Publisher

Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130

Description

This article argues that raising taxes to reduce the budget deficit ignores an effective alternative: trimming unnecessary government spending.

Keywords

Budget Deficit, Taxes, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Congress

Disciplines

Economics | Public Policy

Comments

The Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), 1975-2001, is the predecessor of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Permanent URL: http://dx.doi/org/10.7936/K7PC30JJ

DOI

doi:10.7936/K7PC30JJ

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L., "How To Trim the Deficit Without Raising Taxes", Occasional Paper 84, 1990, doi:10.7936/K7PC30JJ.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/108.