Blog
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
How Much Do Donald Trump's Tax Cuts for Millionaires Cost?
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recently released a fact sheet on her campaign website that criticizes Republican presidential...
Alice Rivlin, Queen of Washington's Budget Wonks
n the interview, Alice Rivlin discusses why she became an economist, her early years in Washington, her time directing the Congressional Budget Office...
Gene Steuerle: Opportunity for All Isn’t Gonna Happen on This Path
Over the past 30 or 35 years, income and government spending per household have both about doubled, but working- and middle-class Americans have seen...
House and Senate Move Forward on Appropriations
This year's deadline has already passed without a budget resolution coming from either chamber, but the appropriations season is still moving forward...
IRS Loses $400 Billion Per Year in Unpaid Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released new estimates of the “tax gap” – the amount of taxes owed that go uncollected. They reveal that...
David Perdue & Maya MacGuineas: Repairing the budget process
Senator David Perdue, the junior senator from Georgia, and Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a...
Maya MacGuineas: Paul Ryan’s Chance to Move Donald Trump on Entitlement Reform
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote a commentary that...
Donald Trump's Treasury Buyback Plan
Last week, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made waves in a CNBC interview when he seemed to indicate that he would seek to renegotiate...
Telling the Whole Story on Interest and Long-Term Debt
In a recent blog, New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman criticized Donald Trump's recent suggestion that he'll "negotiate forgiveness on...
Maya MacGuineas: Dangers in Donald Trump’s Debt Suggestions
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote a commentary that...
Marc Goldwein: Candidates, Stop Perpetuating Social Security Myths. Start Offering Solutions.
Marc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a guest post that...
Jim McCrery and Earl Pomeroy: It's time for action on Social Security disability insurance
The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides vital benefits to 11 million workers with disabilities and their families, but much...