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IMF Warns of Fiscal Gimmickry
Read moreThe IMF has a new report out called " Accounting Devices and Fiscal Illusions," a handy guide to different types of fiscal trickery that have been...
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White House Mixes Up Some Numbers on Simpson-Bowles
Read moreAs readers of The Bottom Line and our releases will know, CRFB strives to compare as many plans as possible on a similar basis so that policymakers...
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How Much Did You Pay for National Defense?
Read moreFollowing up on a project they did last year, the White House has released its 2011 Federal Taxpayer Receipt. This tool allows you to put in how much...
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Making Better Use of Health Care Dollars
Read moreVia Wonkblog, Sarah Kliff reports on an initiative by nine medical specialty groups to identify procedures that they find to be either unnecessary or...
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CFR's Richard Haass: Domestic Issues, Including Debt, Key to National Security
Read moreRichard Haass, the President of the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that the biggest threat to U.S. national security might not be a continent...
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USA Today: 38 Members of Congress Find Courage to Do the Right Thing
Read moreThe USA Today has joined us in the praise of the 38 Congressmen that had the courage to support the Cooper-LaTourette budget last week. With an...
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What They're Hiding: Gimmicks in the FY 2013 Budget Resolutions
Read moreWith a number of budget resolutions coming out, honest budgeting might be too much to ask for. As we took a look at the Republican (Ryan) and...
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Graphs, Graphs, Graphs: Comparing the FY 2013 Budgets
Read moreJust in case the whirlwind of plans out last week gave you a headache, the Bipartisan Policy Center has a number of comparisons for all the...
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An Addendum to the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreVia Twitter, Tax Policy Center director Donald Marron (@dmarron) makes a good point after reading our analysis last week of the "fiscal cliff" at the...
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GAO's Long Term Outlook
Read moreThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its Long Term Outlook for the federal budget, showing an ever-climbing debt path as a...
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CRFB's Policy Director Says "Stabilize the Debt"
Read moreCRFB's Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein was the subject of a CNN piece (audio here) on the goal of deficit reduction (and the life of a budget...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles March 30 2012
Read moreDespite all the political gridlock and other developments that have people worried about our fiscal future, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles...