Daniel Bunn on Fiscal Issues Currently Facing the US Government

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  Welcome to Macro Musings,

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  where each week we pull back the curtain and take a closer look at the most important macroeconomic issues of the past,

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  present, and future.

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  I am your host, David Beckwith,

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  a Senior Research Fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University,

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  and I'm glad you decided to join us.

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  Our guest today is Daniel Bunn.

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  Daniel is the president and CEO of the Tax Foundation.

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  He joins us today to discuss some of the pressing fiscal issues facing the U.S. government.

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  Daniel, welcome to the program.

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  Thanks so much for having me, David.

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  Great to have you on.

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  And you told me before the recording started that you are a longtime listener of the podcast and you have your very own nominal GDP targeting mug even before you came on the program.

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  Yeah.

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  A few years ago, you put these things up for sale and I was like, you know, why not?

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  So I added it to my mug collection and I enjoy using it regularly.

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  Fantastic.

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  So, Daniel, you are the president and you lead the Tax Foundation.

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  So tell us both about yourself and your organization.

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  So I've been in Tax Foundation working in different roles since summer of 2018.

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