If Deficit Commission Is Serious, They Ought to Look at Welfare Reform

Kathryn Nix / June 30, 2010

Today, Heritage budget expert Brian Riedl testified before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, more commonly known as President Obama’s “deficit commission.”

The commission has been tasked to offer suggestions to reduce the federal deficit—a necessity which was proven even more serious today by the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s annual long-term Budget Outlook.  Today’s meeting was the third for the commission, and was intended to serve as an opportunity for the appointees to hear from the public on the topic of deficit reduction.  To paraphrase Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), the commission was looking for ideas they may not have yet considered. (more…)