Budgets & Projections
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Social Security, Health, and Interest Spending Account for Four-Fifths of Spending Growth
Read moreThe deficit will rise dramatically over the next decade, from about $590 billion at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 to over $1.2 trillion at the end...
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Will Obamacare Be One of the Biggest Line Items in the Budget?
Read moreDuring the second presidential debate on October 9, Donald Trump said in response to a question about the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), "It’s...
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What Would Clinton and Trump Need to Do to Address the Debt Along with their Policy Agendas?
Read moreWe recently estimated that Clinton's policies would likely add $200 billion to the debt over the next decade, while Trump’s policies would add $5.3...
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Maya MacGuineas: Debate Questions But No Real Answers on National Debt, Social Security
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, analyzed the vice...
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The Fiscal State of Play
Read moreSome commentators have made the argument that our nation’s fiscal challenges are not particularly large. So what is the fiscal state of play...
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Clinton & Trump: Where Will Our Debt Be in 10 Years?
Read moreOur recent report Promises and Price Tags: A Preliminary Update estimated that both major party presidential candidates' proposals would add to the...
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As We Enter the New Fiscal Year, A Look Back at FY 2016
Read moreWhile most of the country will not be celebrating the new year for another three months, today marks the turnover of the fiscal year (FY) with FY 2016...
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Senate to Vote on Continuing Resolution
Read moreWith the deadline for avoiding a government shutdown approaching on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced last Thursday a...
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Accounting For Growth With Trump's Fiscal Plans
Read moreLast week, we estimated that Donald Trump's policies would increase ten-year deficits by $5.3 trillion, resulting in debt held by the public reaching...
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Promises and Price Tags: An Update
Read moreUpdate: On November 2, 2016, we added an appendix to this update that summarizes the policies that the candidates have released. The next president...
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Getting Real About Paying For Trump's Tax Plan
Read moreRepublican Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced significant revisions to his tax plan that would reduce its cost by about half, a change CRFB...
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Mitch Daniels: Washington’s Wake-Up Call
Read moreMitch Daniels is the president of Purdue University, a former governor of Indiana, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and a co...