{"id":16275,"date":"2021-10-13T07:12:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T11:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=16275"},"modified":"2021-10-13T07:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T11:12:23","slug":"facing-the-future-dont-forget-the-budgets-pre-existing-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=16275","title":{"rendered":"Facing The Future: Don&#8217;t forget the budget&#8217;s pre-existing condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Facing the Future we took a step back from the day-to-day budget battles in Washington to consider the overall fiscal outlook. Our guest was Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, who recently published a comprehensive chartbook on federal spending, taxes, and deficits.<\/p>\n<p>Among the questions we discussed were: What is driving CBO\u2019s projected $112 trillion deficit over 30 years, and why the deficit could top $3 trillion yet again within a decade?<\/p>\n<p>Later, Concord Coalition Chief Economist Steve Robinson joined me and Gorman for an update on developments in Washington, including the short-term ($480 billion) bipartisan compromise to lift the debt limit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1140892444&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"WKXL - NH Talk Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKXL &#8211; NH Talk Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Facing The Future: Don't forget the budget's pre-existing condition\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\/facing-the-future-dont-forget-the-budgets-pre-existing-condition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facing The Future: Don&#8217;t forget the budget&#8217;s pre-existing condition<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Facing the Future we took a step back from the day-to-day budget battles in Washington to consider the overall fiscal outlook. Our guest was Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, who recently published a comprehensive chartbook on federal spending, taxes, and deficits. 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