Maya MacGuineas

MacGuineas is president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and a Director of FixUsNow.org .

Recent Articles

How to Reunite a Divided America

Healing our divided nation is the defining challenge of our time. Nothing less than the success of the American experiment is at stake.Our problems won’t be solved with a single election or a new president....

By John Avlon , Mickey Edwards , Maya MacGuineas and Jonathan Haidt

CRFB President: Trump Tax Cuts Could Cost Your Kids Dearly

President Donald Trump and the GOP Congress want to give America a tax cut, and no doubt most Americans want one. Who wouldn’t? But there is a math problem. It has to be paid for,...

By Maya MacGuineas

President Trump’s Logic on Social Security Is Backwards

'He is not saving Social Security by leaving it alone — he is ensuring its demise'

By Maya MacGuineas

The CBO Report Was a Healthy Dose of Reality on Repealing Obamacare

The Senate should consider these 4 changes to the health care bill

By Maya MacGuineas

Trump's Tax Plan Could Add $5.5 Trillion to U.S. Debt

President Trump is on the right track by turning focus toward fixing our nation’s broken tax code. But so far, he is going about it all wrong.We desperately need tax reform. True reform requires making...

By Maya MacGuineas

Our Debt Problem Needs Action—Not Empty Promises

5 questions for candidates on balancing the budget

By Maya MacGuineas
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