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.
Brookings Rethinks...Medicare
As promised, the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project has released the remaining papers in its series " 15 Ways to Rethink the Budget." We will be...
Tax Expenditures For Higher Education Rival Spending on Pell Grants
One of the lesser known provisions of the American Taxpayer Relief Act is the extension of the refundable American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)...
Line Items: Sequester Edition
Sequester Week – It’s all about sequestration this week as the March 1 deadline for the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts looms ( read all about...
Can Our National Leaders Pass the Test?
Most everyone – from President Obama, Speaker Boehner, and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, to renowned economists – agrees that allowing...
Unintended Consequences of the Sequester
There has been a lot of talk about the sequester in recent weeks as the latest in a long line of fiscal stand-offs ensues in Washington. In FY 2013...
Talking Sequester and Debt in Idaho
CRFB's Maya MacGuineas joined former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY), Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) at the...
New Paper Shows We Are Getting Close to a Tipping Point on Debt
Today, a new paper was presented at the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum by David Greenlaw, James Hamilton, Peter Hooper and Frederic Mishkin on a possible...
Brookings Rethinks and Remakes the Federal Budget
Today, the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will be kicking off its " 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget" project with an event on two...
FAQ's About the New Framework From Simpson and Bowles
On Tuesday, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson released a framework that calls for an additional $2.4 trillion in...
Poll Shows Economists Believe Grand Bargain Could Help Growth
Yesterday, we highlighted the consensus between economists and leaders in both parties on the need to replace the sequester. Today, a USA Today poll...
MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle February 2013
Yesterday, Urban Institute Fellow and CRFB Board Member Gene Steuerle tied the ability of federal and state governments to control health care costs...
Democrats, Republicans, Economists All Want to Replace the Sequester
With the March 1 deadline of sequestration only nine days away, lawmakers should work toward developing a plan that would replace the across-the-board...