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.
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.
CRFB, Concord, and CED Commend Commission
Moments ago, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released a joint statement on the President's just- announced National Committee on Fiscal...
Obama Establishes Deficit Commission
Update: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will make Republican appointments to the deficit commission. Saying that the nation's...
Happy Birthday ARRA
A year ago today, Congress and the President enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, providing $787 billion in fiscal stimulus through a...
New Members in the Announcement Effect Club
During yesterday's Avoiding a Government Debt Crisis event, hosted by the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform, speakers Thomas Hoenig, Richard...
Steve Liesman, Don't Do It - The Country Needs You
CNBC’s Steve Liesman attended the “Avoiding a Government Debt Crisis” conference convened by the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform yesterday...
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson to Lead Deficit Commission
According to Lori Montgomery: Mr. Obama will name former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson as...
Fed Bank President: Don’t Knock on Fed’s Door to Solve Fiscal Problems
Thomas Hoenig, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, had strong words today for lawmakers who want the Fed to bail them out of the...