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.
New Life for Generational Accounting
Senators John Thune (R-SD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Chris Coons (D-DE) have introduced the Intergenerational Financial Obligations...
MY VIEW: Judd Gregg July 2013
In the midst of our slow economic recovery, both the public and our Congressional leaders alike can too easily narrow their field of vision to solely...
A More Detailed Physician Payment Reform Proposal
After releasing a broad physician payment reform draft, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has released a more fleshed out framework to replace...
Making the Case for Fundamental Tax Reform
Today, the Campaign to Fix the Debt released a memo making the case for the “ blank slate” approach to tax reform proposed by Senate Finance Chairman...
Line Items: Summer Heat Edition
Heat Is On – The heart of the summer is upon us and Washington is feeling the heat in more than one way. In addition to record temperatures...
MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson July 2013
Today, Fiscal Commission co-chairs and CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson published an op-ed in Politico reiterating their support for...
The Student Loan Agreement: Not a Bad Deal for Students
Yesterday, CRFB praised the recent bipartisan agreement to enact a permanent fix for student loans instead of another temporary and costly solution...
Fiscal Implications of Rising Market Pressures
In a recently released IMF working paper, economists Salvatore Dell’Erba, Todd Mattina, and Agustin Roitman looked into the precursors of fiscal...
Fix the Debt Hosts National Fly-In
This week Fix the Debt supporters from around the country visited Washington, DC to ask their representatives to work together and address the...
The Student Loan Saga Ends?
After weeks of deliberation and two and a half weeks after a key deadline passed, we finally have a deal on student loans. A bipartisan group of...
MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein July 2013
Should Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) be trimmed? In a recently released CQ Researcher Report focusing on government spending...
Peterson Foundation Shows Long-Term Problems Remain Unsolved
Why is the long-term debt problem important for the country? And why should lawmakers care about it now? Those are the two main questions the Peterson...