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title: "Break the Budget Impasse? Push Growth."
summary: |-
  A new budget framework based on growth can address high federal deficits and economic stagnation.
date: "2014-02-01"
issues: ["National Competitiveness"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2014/02/01/break-budget-impasse-push-growth/"
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# Break the Budget Impasse? Push Growth.

Republicans and Democrats, fiscal hawks and doves can rally around a growth budget, which cuts taxes that impede growth and increases spending on federal programs that encourage it.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2014/02/01/break-budget-impasse-push-growth/*