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.
The U.S. Needs a Fiscal Turnaround
The United States is not the first nation to face tough fiscal challenges. Other countries have faced similar fiscal challenges – and gotten out of...
Wyden and Gregg Release Tax Reform Proposal
Earlier today, Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) released what they call A Bipartisan Plan for Tax Fairness. Read the press release...
Comparison of Health Care Reform Bills
Yesterday, the White House released its version of a health care reform bill to restart the debate on how to reform the country's health care system.
Understanding the President's Health Reform Proposal
In the table below, CRFB has expanded on a table put together by Think Progress' Wonk Room, comparing select components of the President's proposal to...
Four More FDIC Bank Takeovers
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional four banks ( La Jolla Bank, George Washington Savings Bank, The La Coste...
‘Line’ Items: Tax Reform, the Fed, and Congress Back to Work
Commission Commencement – President Obama signed Thursday the Executive Order officially creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...
Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times argued that the temporarily higher federal...
President Releases his Health Care Plan
Update: The Wonk Room has put together a short table comparing the President's plan to the House and Senate bills. Check it out below. Here it is. At...
Conservatives Discuss Why Young Americans Should Care About the Debt at CPAC
Check out the video from WeCantPayThatTab.org:
Taking the Deficit Challenge by Cancelling Stimulus Spending...
A month ago, we called on those who oppose tax increases to take the spending challenge, showing us how to stabilize the debt only through spending...
Cost Estimate of Senate Jobs Bill
The CBO has released its cost estimate of the Senate Jobs bill, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, as introduced by Senator Harry Reid...
Interesting Tax Idea
If the President's new deficit commission comes up with this idea, you can count on a lot of hilarious lines from Co-Chair Al Simpson.