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Letter to the Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Urging them to "Go Big"

“We believe that a go big approach that goes well beyond the $1.5 trillion deficit reduction goal that the Committee has been charged with and includes major reforms of entitlement programs and the tax code is necessary to bring the debt down to a manageable and sustainable level, improve the long-term fiscal imbalance, reassure markets, and restore Americans’ faith in the political system.”

Read the full letter here.

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