Fiscal Plans

Regular readers of The Bottom Line are probably familiar with our goal of putting the debt on a downward path as a share of the economy over the long...

Some commentators have criticized deficit reduction plans like " A Bipartisan Path Forward" for, in their opinion, promoting austerity at a time when...

Earlier today, Fiscal Commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson released a new comprehensive debt reduction plan with $2.5 trillion of...

Over the last few weeks, we've seen several different budget proposals emerge from the Senate and the House, and President Obama is expected to...

Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and Harvard Professor Greg Mankiw explains how a sustainable budget would affect debt levels in a...

CRFB board member and former CBO and OMB director Alice Rivlin is somewhat of a legend in the budget world, with a long line of work spanning from...

Yesterday, the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) released its " Back to Basics" budget, which aims to balance the budget in four years instead of...

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, has released an alternative budget on behalf of House Democrats, " Jobs...

In today's The New York Times, Fix the Debt Steering Committee member Steven Rattner writes on the need for a comprehensive deal to put the debt on a...

The Atlantic held its 2013 Economy Summit yesterday, featuring more than twenty-four speakers on tax reform, the future of entitlement programs, and...

Trying to determine the actual level of savings in budget proposals can be confusing, as there is no single agreed-upon set of baseline assumptions to...

Budget season is underway! House Budget Committee Chairman kicked off the budget resolution exchange by releasing his FY 2014 budget " The Path to...