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The 2013 Budget Process Moves Forward...Sort Of
Read moreThe House Republican budget resolution included reconciliation instructions to six committees to find $261 billion in savings over ten years intended...
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News Flash: The Purpose of Taxes Is to Pay for Government
Read moreMatt Miller and Ezra Klein wrote op-eds on Wednesday with a very similar message: neither party is doing themselves or the country any favor with...
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Trust Funds and the Budget
Read moreCharles Blahous's paper on the Affordable Care Act has sparked a lot of buzz, leading to some discussion about "double-counting" the Medicare savings...
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Economics of the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreOur recent paper on the fiscal cliff details the short-term or longer-term economic problems that the country will face if lawmakers either allow...
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A Short History of CRFB's Budget Simulators
Read moreCongressional Quarterly's John Cranford has a nice profile of CRFB's " Stabilize the Debt" budget simulator. If you have not done so already, it is...
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Budgetary and Tax Impact of the 'Buffett Rule'
Read moreWith the "Buffett Rule" set to get a vote in the Senate next week, we felt it was a good time to take a more in-depth look at the proposed policy --...
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Donald Marron Looks at the Current Size of Tax Expenditures
Read moreTax Policy Center president Donald Marron has a brief in Tax Notes that shows that spending on tax expenditures are higher than the commonly reported...
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Line Items: Easter Egg Edition
Read moreWhat the Bunny Left Behind – We’ve given up on giving things up for Lent, Passover will be passing, and the Easter Bunny has hopped into the pastel...
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MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle April 2012
Read moreIn the latest post in his ongoing "The Government We Deserve" series, CRFB board member Eugene Steuerle stated that regardless of how the Supreme...
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The Affordable Care Act and the HI Trust Fund
Read moreUpdate: Charles Blahous has posted a response to his critics here . Charles Blahous, a Social Security and Medicare Trustee, has released a new report...
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At Halftime, The Score is 829 to 777
Read moreCBO's latest Monthly Budget Review for March gives us a look at how the federal budget looks compared to last year halfway through the fiscal year...