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Rudolph Penner: Controlling the Deficit--The Debate Continues
Read moreCRFB board member Rudolph Penner recently co-authored a paper that is essentially a retrospective on the 2011 deficit debate. He and Urban Institute...
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Taking a Hatchet to Tax Expenditures
Read moreThe good folks at the Tax Policy Center have written yet another enlightening report on tax expenditures. This one, titled, " Curbing Tax Expenditures...
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Watch the Extenders Conference Committee's Third Meeting
Read moreThe conference committee that is tasked with extending various provisions that are set to expire at the end of this month will meet for the third time...
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CRFB's New Realistic Baseline
Read moreYesterday, CRFB released its analysis of the latest budget projections from CBO, discussing debt, deficits, spending, and revenues. We also updated...
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Fiscal Fact Checker: Has the 'Doc Fix' Actually Become More Expensive?
Read moreA claim that has been popping up in some news circles over the past day is that the doc fix -- which freezes Medicare payments to physicians, instead...
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CBO Releases January 2012 Outlook
Read moreCBO released its new budget and economic outlook, showing slightly higher ten-year deficit and debt projections from 2012-2021 than the last ten-year...
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'Line' Items: Super Bowl Edition
Read moreSuper Not So Duper – The word “super” has lost its luster lately. The failure of the Super Committee and the need for a super majority in the Senate...
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Federal versus Private Compensation: A Closer Look
Read moreCBO has a new report out, comparing federal and private-sector compensation for employees. The report shows that, on average, federal employees are...
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Panetta Presents New Defense Budget
Read moreYesterday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fleshed out the widely-anticipated FY 2013 defense budget. The budget showed to some extent how the Obama...
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A Gimmick on the Rise
Read moreUpdate: The American College of Physicians has also called for eliminating the SGR and the sequester and partially paying for them with war savings...