Budget Projections
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CBO Makes the Case for Strict Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rules
Read moreIn their recent Long Term Outlook, CBO shows the nation to be on an unsustainable fiscal path if we continue our current policies. Under its...
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‘Line’ Items: Columbo Edition
Read moreWhere Is Our Columbo? – Peter Falk, the award-winning actor best known for playing the rumpled, yet wily, Lt. Columbo, died on Thursday. Falk, who was...
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The Economic Effects of High Debt
Read moreContinuing our analysis of CBO's Long-Term Outlook, we looked yesterday at the policy assumptions under CBO's two budget paths and at spending and...
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Spending and Revenue in the Long Term Outlook
Read moreSpending and revenues in the long-term outlook is always an interesting topic to discuss. Just like with debt, you find words and phrases like...
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The CBO Long Term Outlook Is Here
Read moreUpdate: Our paper on CBO's Long Term Outlook has been released. CBO has just released its 2011 Long Term Outlook, detailing spending, revenue, and...
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The Differences Between the Two Baselines
Read moreWith the release of CBO's Long-Term Outlook, we thought it would be useful to break down the assumptions that the Extended-Baseline and the...
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Comparing Six Fiscal Plans
Read moreYesterday at the Peterson Foundation's 2011 Fiscal Summit, six think tanks --Heritage, AEI, EPI, Center for American Progress, Bipartisan Policy...
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Check Out WaPo's Interactive Graphic
Read moreThe Washington Post has a great interactive graphic up on their website that allows you to compare several major fiscal plans -- and it's based on...
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The Trustees Report Is Here
Read moreWith the release of the 2011 OASDI Trustees Report, there are a lot of numbers to digest, not to mention a few hundred pages to read (if you actually...
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CBO Projects Slightly Smaller Deficits under Current Law
Read moreAlong with CBO's preliminary analysis of the President's Budget on Friday came an update in CBO's baseline, which actually shows a $234 billion...
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We Could've Told You...
Read moreLast week, CBO showed that the President's Budget was way too optimistic about its projections of deficits and debt. But CBO's findings would not have...
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CBO Releases Analysis of President's Budget
Read moreCBO has just released their preliminary analysis of the President's Budget. Be sure to check back to CRFB and The Bottom Line soon for more analysis...