The use of dynamic scoring is one of the most contested issues in the budget world. We highlighted the pros and cons of using it and the issues...

In a speech at the National Press Club (video here), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) outlined his vision of how to change the tax code. During the...

One of the criticisms of raising the retirement age is the belief that older workers delaying retirement may "crowd out" younger workers and cause...

Former Super Committee member and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) indicated in a recent Bloomberg interview that the...

Much of the focus of broadening the tax base in tax reform is on tax expenditures. However, as both our corporate tax paper and our corporate tax...

Former U.S. Comptroller General and CRFB Board Member David Walker has been busy traveling across the country on Comeback America's fiscal...

CBO's final Monthly Budget Review for FY 2012 came out today, showing the (preliminary) final estimate for the deficit that year: $1.09 trillion, or 7...

Update: Clint Stretch at Capital Gains and Games sketches out possibilities for base broadening in Gov. Romney's plan. This week, Republican...

Eugene Steuerle has a tongue-in-cheek post in his "The Government We Deserve" blog on why Americans should choose him as President after last night's...

We did our best to live fact-check the first presidential debate on Twitter, laying out the facts on fiscal issues. Of course, time constraints and...