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.
CBO's Long Term Outlook Has Arrived
The much-anticipated CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook has been released this morning, projecting what the budget will look like over the next 75 years...
The Facts on Social Security Reform and Intergenerational Equity
UPDATED: The table now also includes average scheduled benefits in 2050. A scuffle between Social Security advocacy groups and Fiscal Commission co...
Bill Bradley Joins the Announcement Effect Club
Already a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, former Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) joined another exclusive club over the weekend: the Announcement...
A Broken Tax Code
The IRS's Spring 2012 Bulletin has a report, as required by law, by Justin Bryan reporting that 20,752 tax returns for people with adjusted gross...
Should Tax Reform 'Go Long'?
Go long or go prudent? These are the competing views of tax reform, according to Howard Gleckman in a Tax Policy Center blog post. He sums up the...
The Sequester and War Spending
An article in The Hill warns that war spending may be in jeopardy because of the sequester. Apparently, the Pentagon has reversed its position on the...
Dynamic Scoring Explained
What is dynamic scoring? How are legislative proposals currently scored? CRFB's latest policy paper details the process and methods that the...
Social Security Disability Insurance Should Not Be Ignored
Brian Faler of Bloomberg has an article about the unwillingness of lawmakers to address Social Security's Disability Insurance program. Although the...
A Response to Holtz-Eakin's Four Steps for Tax Reform
Last week, we wrote about American Action Forum president and former CBO director Doug Holtz-Eakin's four steps for tax reform. These involved: Agree...
Good News for a Deal?
A Washington Post article late last week detailed a number of current Republican members of Congress or Congressional candidates who are foregoing the...
Fiscal Fact Checker: How Much Has Spending Increased Under President Obama?
Update: The text has been updated to include spending growth numbers for President Bush excluding financial rescue programs. An article by Rex Nutting...
Minnesotan Praise for "Debate the Debt"
CRFB has called for this year’s presidential candidates to " Debate the Debt" by dedicating one of the three presidential debates to proposals for...