April 15 (Bloomberg) — White House Budget Director Jacob Lew talks with Bloomberg’s Julianna Goldman about last week’s budget agreement between members of Congress and the outlook for the vote on raising the debt ceiling. Bloomberg’s Hans Nichols and Julie Davis discuss President Obama’s speech on reducing the deficit. Zeb Eckert reports on Japan’s nuclear crisis. Commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O’Beirne talk about Mitt Romney’s moves toward a presidential bid, and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget plan. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Hubbard Calls US Taxes, Spending Key Business Issues
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, talks about the outlook for President Barack Obama speech today before the US Chamber of Commerce and recommendations for improving the US business climate. He speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Obama, Ryan, Stockman’s Own Words on Budget Proposal
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — US President Barack Obama, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, and David Stockman, US budget director in the Reagan administration, offer their views on Obama’s budget proposal. This report also contains comments from White House Budget Director Jacob “Jack” Lew; former Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican who chaired the Senate Budget Committee; Stanley Collender, managing director of Qorvis Communications and a former congressional budget analyst; Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Jeffrey Sachs, a professor at Columbia University. (Source: Bloomberg)
David Stockman Says US Can’t Afford Tax-Cut Extension: Video
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) — David Stockman, US budget director in the Reagan administration, and James Galbraith, a professor at the University of Texas, discuss the proposal by President Obama’s debt-reduction commission, the country’s tax policy and the Treasury market. They talk with Peter Coy, Matt Miller and Carol Massar on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Stockman Describes Obama Budget Plan as a `Cop Out’
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — David Stockman, who served as budget director in the Reagan administration, talks about President Barack Obama’s $3.7 trillion budget proposal. The spending plan projects the federal deficit will exceed $1 trillion for the fourth consecutive year in 2012 before falling to more “sustainable” levels by the middle of the decade. Stockman speaks with Matt Miller and Carol Massar on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg)