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.
Softening the Blow on the Charitable Deduction
In a new paper yesterday, we showed how policymakers could raise revenue exclusively from higher earners without increasing rates. Specifically, we...
Alternative Revenue Raisers from High Earners
As was the case two years ago, the 2001/2003 tax cuts will be a hot topic in the lame duck session. Democrats would like to extend the full tax cuts...
The Administrative Side of the Fiscal Cliff
Yesterday's The Hill reported on a letter that acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller sent to the heads of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance...
VP Meets Mayors in Hopes of Averting Fiscal Cliff
A couple of months ago, The United States Conference of Mayors, through a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 149 mayors across the country, called...
MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas November 14 2012
Today, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas writes in The Hill that with the election now over, politicians can and should turn their attention to what...
The Danger of a Fiscal Cliff Dive
As the President, Congress, business, labor, and other civic leaders meet this week to discuss a "Grand Bargain" on the fiscal cliff and our...
Just Say No to the War Gimmick
Last week, a letter from six organizations--the AARP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American...
Millennials Call for a Comprehensive Debt Deal
The generational burden of debt is one of the best arguments for millennials to get involved with the issue of deficits and debt. We've noticed many...
The First Summit on Our Way to a Deal?
On Friday, President Obama spoke on the need to replace the "fiscal cliff" with a comprehensive plan to address the nation's unsustainable fiscal path...
Line Items: Service Edition
Answering the Call – Today is the federal government's observance of Veterans Day, the day the nation honors those who have served in the armed forces...
NCHC's $500 Billion Plan to Lower Health Costs
In light of our nation’s fiscal challenges, the National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) has put together a report of policy options to address the...
CBO Quantifies the Fiscal Cliff and the Challenge Ahead
CBO has released two new reports that detail our short run problem of the fiscal cliff and the long term challenge of reducing the debt. Reading the...