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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Fiscal Fact Checker: What did President Obama do to Medicare?
A recent advertisement from the Romney-Ryan campaign claims that “Obama Cut $716 billion from Medicare… to pay for Obamacare.” It continues by...
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Jared Bernstein Agrees -- There is No Free Lunch
Nearly a month ago, we tried to dispel the claim that due to low interest rates, borrowing was essentially a free lunch. As we explained at the time...
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My View: Maya MacGuineas August 2012
Yesterday in the Coeur d'Alene Press, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas wrote an op-ed touting the Campaign to Fix the Debt and its upcoming stop in...
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Auto Bailout Cost Rises
Even though the bailout measures past during the recession have, for the most part, ended, cost estimates for many of the bailout programs are still...
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Comparing the Ryan Plan to...the Ryan Plan
There has been much discussion over the "Ryan Plan" since the House Budget Chairman was selected by Governor Romney to be his running-mate. However...
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For Its 77th Birthday, Let’s Give Social Security Another 77 years
Seventy seven years ago today, the Social Security Act was signed into law. Over the life of the program, it has provided generations of Americans...
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Washington Post Editorial: The dangerous myths at the heart of political parties’ fiscal policies
Today, the Washington Post editorial board offers an insightful commentary on the current fiscal debate playing out between both political parties, as...
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With Announcement of Debate Moderators Comes a Renewed Call to Debate the Debt!
Today, the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced the moderators for the 2012 presidential and vice presidential debates. Over the...
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Former Senator Gregg and Caterpillar CEO Oberhelman Call on Washington to Fix the Debt
On Friday, we heard from two allies in the fight to put our nation’s fiscal house in order and fix the debt. In a C-SPAN interview, former Senator and...
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Romney Names Paul Ryan as His Running Mate
Governor Romney, on Saturday, announced that he was selecting House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate. Chairman Ryan has...
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CRFB's Marc Goldwein Discusses the Federal Budget
Earlier today, the New America Foundation held the event " Red Ink: Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget", focusing on Wall Street...