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Health Reform's Savings Myth
Read moreWashington Post | May 31, 2009 "Health-care reform is entitlement reform" has become a mantra of the Obama administration. The idea is that Congress...
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$4 Trillion in Exaggerated Savings
Read moreWashington Post | May 20, 2009 On two separate issues -- health-care and the budget -- the president has promised savings of $2 trillion. A total of...
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Analysis of the President's FY2010 Budget
Read moreRecently, the White House released its comprehensive FY2010 budget request, including detailed proposals for each agency, along with “Analytical...
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Staff Working Paper #6: Resource Allocation
Read moreAre the rules of thumb and categories we have explicitly and implicitly established in our budget process for resource allocation appropriate and...
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Staff Working Paper #5: Content of the Budget Resolution
Read moreThis paper reviews the classes of information included in the budget resolution. It then examines potential changes to the contents in an attempt to...
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Staff Working Paper #4: Joint vs. Concurrent Budget Resolution
Read moreThis paper lays out a model for converting the concurrent budget resolution into a joint resolution. It includes a description of the model and a...
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Op-Ed: Fiscal Disorder - The Broken Budget Process and the Dire Need for Reform
Read moreRipon Forum | April 21, 2009 This past February, four months after the beginning of the fiscal year, Congress passed the last bill needed to fund the...