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Report: CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreCorrection: This paper originally stated that the Social Security trust fund is projected to be exhausted in 2033. The combined Social Security and...
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A Broken Tax Code
Read moreThe IRS's Spring 2012 Bulletin has a report, as required by law, by Justin Bryan reporting that 20,752 tax returns for people with adjusted gross...
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Bill Bradley Joins the Announcement Effect Club
Read moreAlready a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, former Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) joined another exclusive club over the weekend: the Announcement...
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The Facts on Social Security Reform and Intergenerational Equity
Read moreUPDATED: The table now also includes average scheduled benefits in 2050. A scuffle between Social Security advocacy groups and Fiscal Commission co...
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Should Tax Reform 'Go Long'?
Read moreGo long or go prudent? These are the competing views of tax reform, according to Howard Gleckman in a Tax Policy Center blog post. He sums up the...
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Dynamic Scoring Explained
Read moreWhat is dynamic scoring? How are legislative proposals currently scored? CRFB's latest policy paper details the process and methods that the...
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Report: Understanding Dynamic Scoring
Read moreDownload a 2-page summary of this document, published December 2014.
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The Sequester and War Spending
Read moreAn article in The Hill warns that war spending may be in jeopardy because of the sequester. Apparently, the Pentagon has reversed its position on the...
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A Response to Holtz-Eakin's Four Steps for Tax Reform
Read moreLast week, we wrote about American Action Forum president and former CBO director Doug Holtz-Eakin's four steps for tax reform. These involved: Agree...
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Social Security Disability Insurance Should Not Be Ignored
Read moreBrian Faler of Bloomberg has an article about the unwillingness of lawmakers to address Social Security's Disability Insurance program. Although the...
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Fiscal Fact Checker: How Much Has Spending Increased Under President Obama?
Read moreUpdate: The text has been updated to include spending growth numbers for President Bush excluding financial rescue programs. An article by Rex Nutting...
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Good News for a Deal?
Read moreA Washington Post article late last week detailed a number of current Republican members of Congress or Congressional candidates who are foregoing the...