Blog
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
After Tax Reform, Tax Expenditures Remain Costly
The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) recently released its latest tax expenditure estimates. The report shows that despite the 2017 tax law, which...
Medicare Advantage Proposal Reforms Benefits and the Bidding Process
The Medicare Trustees recently delivered a reminder of the importance of reducing Medicare costs. As Steven M. Lieberman, Loren Adler, Erin Trish...
Marc Goldwein on Facing the Future: Federal Investment in Children is Dwindling
Children are getting an increasingly small share of the federal budget, even as we are burdening them with immense debt. In an episode of the Concord...
Gene Steuerle: Why Government Budget Estimates Are Often Wrong
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
Marc Goldwein: As Demagogues Squawk, Clock is Ticking on Social Security
Marc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
WATCH: What's Next for Social Security?
The Social Security Trustees released their latest projections and findings this week on the financial state of the program. On Friday, June 8, the...
Design Your Own Social Security Plan
Social Security provides income security to millions of beneficiaries, but is on a road toward insolvency. The latest official projections show its...
Does the Rescissions Bill Cut $15 Billion in Spending?
The President recently updated and revised his request to rescind some spending, removing some cuts from the proposal and clarifying others. The...
Mitch Daniels: That Entitlements Can is Getting Heavier, and We’re Running Out of Road
Mitch Daniels is the president of Purdue University, a former governor of Indiana, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and a co...
A Quick Take on the 2018 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees have released their reports on the financial state of the respective programs. Below is a quick take, and we...
VA Cap Adjustment Could Cost Over $55 Billion
The VA MISSION Act that passed both Houses of Congress last month may get a whole lot more expensive. As part of the Veterans Affairs (VA)...
CBO Economic Forecasts Are Similar to the Consensus, Unlike OMB
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget found that the President's policies would still...