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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 Bottom Line Takes A Look Back at 2012
Usually around this time, we say we wish this was the year a fiscal plan is enacted. But with the ongoing negotiations between the White House and...
More Support for the Chained CPI
We've talked before about the rational behind implementing the chained CPI, that the current index (CPI-W) does not incorporate substitution effects...
Your One-Stop Shop for Information on the Chained CPI
Because there has been a lot of talk about the chained CPI lately, CRFB has created a brand new " Chained CPI Resource Page" to give readers one place...
Wonkblog's "Choose Your Own Fiscal Cliff Adventure"
While Speaker Boehner and President Obama attempt to bridge their differences in the fiscal cliff negotiations, you can try your hand at creating a...
The Looming Nightmare for the IRS and Taxpayers
The Internal Revenue Service has continued to warn Congress of the administrative consequences of going over the fiscal cliff. In another letter to...
What's in Plan B?
UPDATE: The Joint Committee on Taxation has scored Plan B as costing $4.1 trillion over ten years, savings of $400 billion over a full extension. Both...
Robert Greenstein Answers Critics on Chained CPI
The chained CPI has been receiving much attention lately after being included in the latest offers from both the GOP and White House. Some critics of...
Fitch Warns of Possible Downgrade as We Approach the Fiscal Cliff
With time running out for a deal, the U.S. credit rating may be in jeopardy if lawmakers don't reach a compromise to replace the fiscal cliff. Fitch...
CRFB Releases Revenue and Health Care Options
The recent offers from the White House and Republican House leadership have shown that both parties appear to be committed to finding a compromise...
Once Again, the Chained CPI Is Not Regressive
After being included in both the most recent White House and Republican offers, the "chained CPI" has been front and center as a potential piece of...
Fiscal Cliff Watch: White House and GOP Make Counteroffers
With the fiscal cliff only two weeks away and the upcoming holiday season, negotiations for replacing the fiscal cliff with a sensible deficit...
MY VIEW: Alice Rivlin December 2012
Former CBO Director and CRFB Board Member cautioned political leaders in a op-ed in The Hill, that merely finding just enough savings to repeal the...