"If you didn't auction the [CO2] permits, it……" — Peter R. Orszag
"If you didn't auction the [CO2] permits, it would represent the largest corporate welfare program that has ever been enacted in the history of the United States. All of the evidence is that what would occur is that corporate profits would increase by approximately the value of the permits."
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Peter R. Orszag
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12 Quotes by Peter R. Orszag
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The government could either raise $100 by selling allowances and then give that amount in cash to particular businesses and…
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Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.
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My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.
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Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.
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There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.
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Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing.
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Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other…
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Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.
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For example, I was privileged to be working at the White House under the Clinton administration and had not finished…
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It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if…
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