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.
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Debt Would Equal the Economy in 2028 With Senate Tax Cut
It has been reported that Senate Budget Committee has agreed to include reconciliation instructions allowing a tax cut of $1.5 trillion in the Senate...
2017 Annual Dinner: Celebrating our Commitment to Fiscal Responsibility
On Tuesday, September 12, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its 2017 Annual Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill...
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Gene Steuerle: How To Design Tax Reform: 8 Lessons From 1986
Saying that one is for tax reform doesn’t provide much information about what is being sought or how to do it.
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Maya MacGuineas: Revenue Neutral, Gimmick Free Tax Reform Is Hard -- And Worth It
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Maya MacGuineas: $20 Trillion in National Debt Is a Big Deal
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Why Did Debt Jump $318 Billion in One Day?
On September 8, 2017, gross U.S. debt increased almost $318 billion after President Trump signed legislation temporarily suspending the debt limit as...
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Sanders to Introduce Single-Payer Bill – How Much Will It Cost?
Tomorrow, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is expected to introduce a single-payer health care bill (“Medicare for All”). The legislation also has...
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Maya MacGuineas: Don’t Get Rid of the Debt Ceiling. Reform It.
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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The Republican Study Committee's Budget "Securing America's Future Economy"
As the House and Senate move forward in considering the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget over the next few weeks, the Republican Study Committee (RSC)...
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Are Today's Seniors Facing a "Retirement Crisis?" Not Really
Numerous headlines have claimed that we are facing a “retirement crisis,” and that most Americans are not saving enough to maintain their standard of...
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Ed Rendell and Judd Gregg: Playing Politics with the Nation’s Financial Future
Ed Rendell and Judd Gregg are co-chairs of the Fix the Debt Campaign, a project of CRFB. Judd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire...
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Maya MacGuineas: GOP Considering a Half-Trillion-Dollar Tax-Reform Trick
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...