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.
Policymakers Must Not Double-Count Retirement Savings
As budget conference committee chairs Patty Murray and Paul Ryan appear to be moving closer to a partial sequester-replacement deal, reports suggest...
MY VIEW: Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici
With Congress is in recess, it's likely we won't see a deal this week, but the December 13th deadline for the budget conference committee is fast...
Rethinking Tax Incentives for Education
Efforts to reform the tax code are picking up steam, with several tax plans introduced in the last month. In the House, Ways & Means Chairman Dave...
Baucus Releases Cost Recovery Draft
This week, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) has been moving forward with tax reform, releasing three discussion drafts. On Tuesday, he...
Treasury Set to Exit GM By Year's End
The New York Times is reporting that the Treasury Department will sell its remaining shares in General Motors, bringing to an end its five-year...
CBO Finds Defense Plan's Cost Will Likely Exceed Defense Budget
Every year, CBO analyzes the Department of Defense's Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), most recently done last March. As has been the case over the...
Looking Beyond the Ten-Year Window
Our paper released yesterday detailed how our long term debt problems are far from solved, making clear the unsustainability of federal debt over the...
CBO Predicts the "X Date"
Given the nature of debt ceiling politics lately, estimating when the federal government will start defaulting on obligations has become a common...
Baucus Releases Tax Administration Draft
This week, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is moving forward with tax reform, releasing three discussion drafts. Yesterday, he released a...
CRFB Shows that Long-Term Problems Remain Very Far From Solved
Today, CRFB has released a new paper, Our Long-Term Debt Problems Are Very Far from Solved, which shows while recent improvements may have benefited...
Baucus Releases International Tax Reform Draft
This week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is moving ahead with tax reform, starting with the release of discussion drafts on...
Line Items: Gettysburg Address Edition
Historic Moment – On this day 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address dedicating the new national cemetery at the...