[DOC] [TLE] Balancing the Budget in Ten Years and No New Revenue Are ... [PAR] Mar 9, 2016 ... Federal program spending (excluding interest costs) outside Social Security ... 
advisor Martin Feldstein has said that reducing tax expenditures is the best ... 
share of the deficit reduction burden will fall on those least able to bear it. .... 
Similarly, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has called... [DOC] [TLE] A Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment Threatens Great ... [PAR] Jul 27, 2011 ... A balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution  including the version 
... most of their federal subsidies through the tax code, as opposed to low- and ... 
The fact that taxes fall when the economy weakens and spending and .... of an 
unprecedented federal default, which could raise interest rates and... [DOC] [TLE] Budget Deficits and Interest Rates: What Is the Link? - Federal ... [PAR] Jul 1, 2004 ... The Federal Reserve has two ways of responding to higher deficits: ... then, the 
central bank attempts to limit any potential interest rate increases. ... policy is 
capable of keeping inflation low even in the face of large deficits. ... study 
suggests that interest rates would only fall by roughly a tenth of that amount. [DOC] [TLE] United States federal budget - Wikipedia [PAR] The Budget of the United States Government often begins as the President's 
proposal to the .... Federal agencies cannot spend money unless funds are 
authorized and appropriated. .... For scale, a 2% GDP reduction in spending 
would be approximately a 10% ..... A higher level of debt was offset by lower 
interest rates. [DOC] [TLE] The Deficit, Interest Rates, and Growth | Tax Foundation [PAR] Mar 8, 2016 ... Key Findings The effects of budget deficits on economic growth is an important ... 
Interest rates have, in fact, remained low for many years, even as deficits were 
high. ... We say that, if it runs budget surpluses, government saving is positive, 
and .... Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve,... [DOC] [TLE] Background on Budget & Economy - OnTheIssues.org [PAR] Background on Budget & Economy: Tired of media reports of fundraising and poll 
results ... Non-discretionary spending: The federal budget separates 'mandatory 
... Entitlements and interest (plus another $659 billion in smaller programs) are ... 
of Republican budget analysis -- pretending that defense spending can't be... [DOC] [TLE] National Debt: CQR [PAR] Mar 18, 2011 ... But Democrats say government spending is needed to sustain the economy ... 
that interest rates are going to be low, House Budget Committee Chairman ..... 
for its chairman, longtime Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, with ... 
Therefore, unless you're going to let the payroll tax rise and fall as... [DOC] [TLE] My Quick and Simplistic Essay on the Pending Collapse of the ... [PAR] Entitlements are two-thirds of the federal budget. ... Greenspan: Worried About 
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interest rates, buying corporate debt is no part of the solution. .... "Screwed by 
Seniors: The people expected to pay for Social Security and Medicare can't afford 
it," by... [DOC] [TLE] Ben Bernanke on Federal Reserve's QE bond-buying program  live ... [PAR] Sep 18, 2013 ... Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke may speak today about his own plans 
to step ... Then he says the Fed can't do much about that:. [DOC] [TLE] Debt and Deficits - Tufts University [PAR] national debt is the total amount borrowed and owed by the federal government. 
A budget .... Deficits can be caused by a fall in tax revenue or an increase in 
expenditures. ... phenomenon by which budget deficits increase interest rates 
and reduce investment is ..... In what Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan 
called. [DOC] [TLE] Live-blogging President Obama's fiscal commission | The Daily Caller [PAR] Apr 27, 2010 ... But he, like Simpson, said that the commission must agree on a set of ... He cited 
debt crises like Greece and said we are kidding ourselves by saying that can't ... 
Balancing the budget and reducing the debt

Question: Interest rates can't fall sharply unless the gov't budget is reduced, says this Federal Reserve chrmn.
Answer: Alan Greenspan