Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Op-Ed: Fix the Deficit? We Can Do That
TIME | March 17, 2011 It's rare that those of us concerned about the nation's fiscal course come bearing good news. The federal debt, after all, is as...
Op-Ed: Deficit Pessimist Sees Hope for a Deal
CNN Money | March 21, 2011 I think we a can find a way to get a large-scale budget agreement that tackles our insane multi-trillion dollar debt in...
Op-Ed: Social Security Needs to be Fixed. So Just Do It.
CNN Money | March 7, 2011 If there is one thing we know in "Budgetworld," it's that the largest entitlement programs have to be reformed. Social...
Op-Ed: Spending Cuts Aren't Enough. It's Time to Fix the Budget.
CNN Money | February 28, 2011 President Obama's budget was such a tremendous letdown and a massive punt, I have to wonder if part of the White House's...
Op-Ed: It's Time for a Fiscal Turnaround Plan
CNN Money | February 14, 2011 President Obama is right when he says that public investments need to be a central part of the nation's economic growth...