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.

Jun 20, 2011

Taxes

Other Spending

‘Line’ Items: Golf Edition

Time ‘Fore’ Action – Golf, that favorite pastime of power players, was even more popular than usual in Washington last week. Not only did the U.S...

Jun 17, 2011

Economics

IMF Issues Grim Warning

Highlighting the growing concern within international circles and among the various ratings agencies, the International Monetary Fund released its...

Jun 17, 2011

Taxes

Senate Votes to Cut Spending in the Tax Code

For anyone who is interested in seeing tax subsidies cleaned up, there's a bit of good news for you. The Senate voted yesterday to eliminate a $5.4...

Jun 17, 2011

Social Security

The Wall Street Journal's Social Security Tool

It seems that interactive tools are definitely in vogue. We'd like to say we started the trend with the Stabilize the Debt simulator, and we have...

Jun 16, 2011

Social Security

Sen. Hutchison Unveils Social Security Plan

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison unveiled her Social Security reform plan today, and conveniently, it already has its own score from the Office of the Chief...

Jun 16, 2011

Budgets & Projections

CRFB Unveils Fiscal Plan Comparison Website!

Check out CRFB's Fiscal Plan Comparison Tool! The Comparison Tool is an interactive website that allows users to compare up to 3 fiscal plans side-by...

Jun 15, 2011

Budgets & Projections

Other Spending

Appropriations Update: More of the Same

In this next installment of our FY 2012 appropriations update, we will detail the actions that the House has taken since our last update on May 24...

Jun 15, 2011

Other Happenings at the Debt Conference

CRFB's debt conference yesterday, titled "The Debt Ceiling, Fiscal Plans, and Market Jitters: Where Do We Go from Here?," featured an all-star cast of...

Jun 15, 2011

Highlights from Chairman Bernanke's Speech

We were lucky enough to have Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke open our annual conference this week. His remarks were an important statement on...