Our Economy Needs Help Now
The supercommittee was unable to agree on a proposal to bring down our nation’s long-term budget deficit, but this is not a tragedy. Congress will have other opportunities to address the budget deficit in the coming year. The real tragedy is that the supercommittee had within its power the ability to improve our economy but failed to act.
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This article was originally published in The Hill.
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