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<title><![CDATA[Robert Rubin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22093.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Robert Rubin]]></description><category domain="22093">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[5 Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When we had the honor of being sworn in as the 70th, 71st, 75th, 76th and 78th secretaries of the Treasury, we took an oath to support and defend the United States Constitution.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We Support the Biden Economic Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/559772-despite-diverging-economic-views-we-all-support-the-biden-plan</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We've come to the same conclusion: President Biden's economic agenda would make long-overdue investments in our nation's future, and the revenue measures that would fund those investments are sound, progressive and efficient.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Democrats Remain Divided, the Party Will Fall]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2020/03/02/democrats-if-we-remain-divided-well-fall/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party has long advocated strong government, paired with the power of markets, to achieve broad economic well-being.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the World Needs America and China to Get Along]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/opinion/america-china-climate-change-nuclear-weapons.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Only Washington and Beijing, working together, can slow climate change and the spread of nuclear weapons.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republican Tax Plan's Five Worst Dangers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-republican-tax-plans-five-worst-dangers/2017/11/15/b24029aa-ca2b-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html?utm_term=.c671f087baa0</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The deficit-funded tax cuts advancing through Congress are a fiscal tragedy for which our country will pay a huge price over time. While the details of the tax plan remain in flux, its fundamental contours will not change. Nor will its $1.5 trillion of deficit funding, the amount...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Politicize the Federal Reserve]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/opinion/dont-politicize-the-federal-reserve.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was in the room when President Bill Clinton decided to reappoint Alan Greenspan, a lifelong Republican originally appointed by Ronald Reagan, as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. A political adviser urged Mr. Clinton to choose an administration ally, but that was never seriously...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Hurting the Poor Will Hurt the Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-anti-poverty-programs-congress-wants-to-cut-are-crucial-to-the-economy/2017/03/10/5359b7e0-0509-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ignoring Climate Change Could Sink the U.S. Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-rubin-how-ignoring-climate-change-could-sink-the-us-economy/2014/07/24/b7b4c00c-0df6-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Making the Poor Poorer]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/making-the-poor--and-the-us--poorer-still/2013/12/08/cda50c26-5dd1-11e3-95c2-13623eb2b0e1_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congress may take up legislation this week to cut food stamps. The Senate passed a bill in June mandating $4'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‰').';'billion in cuts over 10 years; the House version, passed in September, imposes nearly $40'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‰').';'billion in reductions. A conference committee has been charged with resolving...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Unsustainable Fiscal Trajectory]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/opinion/rubin-deluding-ourselves-over-the-fiscal-cliff.html?_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that the election is over, Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attention is consumed by the looming combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases known as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the fiscal cliff.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That combination poses risks, including economic contraction and erosion of confidence in government. But...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Is At An Historic Crossroads]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our  country cannot afford politics as usual at a moment of such vital  import for now and for the longer term. Many Americans have experienced  great hardship since the recession began; unemployment has  become long-term for large numbers, with potentially permanent damage  through loss...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[US Must Cut Its Deficit, But Not In Haste]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5726fff8-27fd-11e0-8abc-00144feab49a.html#axzz1BwufDi3i</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With  historic transformation in the global economy well under way, the US is  at a crossroads where the choices made will define our future. Either  we meet our fiscal challenges '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('–').';' including creating room for critical  public investment '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('–').';' or we lose competitiveness, underperform ...]]></description>
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