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.
CRFB in the Ripon Forum
CRFB board member Doug Holtz-Eakin and CRFB president Maya MacGuineas both had essays in the most recent edition of the Ripon Forum. While they...
Extending the Tax Cuts: The Possibilities Are Endless!
Really they are. With the 2001/2003 tax cuts set to expire in five months, the topic is coming up with increasing frequency. Unlike with the estate...
Peter has (Almost) Left the Building
Appearing at his old alma mater, the Brookings Institution, Wednesday, Peter Orszag bid adieu to public sector employment in his final public...
CRFB President Testifies Before President's Fiscal Commission
This morning, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, an executive committee...
CBO: Our Increased Fiscal Crisis Risk
"The current fiscal path of the federal government is unsustainable." This sentence begins any discussion about the future of US fiscal policy and CBO...
More from the Mid-Session Review
The OMB's Mid-Session Review (MSR) came out late on Friday afternoon with no fanfare from the Administration (though we did put out a paper yesterday)...
‘Line’ Items: Heat Wave Edition
If You Can’t Stand the Heat… – Washington has been experiencing a heat wave, but it can’t all be blamed on the friction between the two parties...
OMB Releases Mid Session Review
The OMB released its Mid-Session Review today (see our press release here), showing slightly improved deficit numbers for this year, but still an...
Feldstein Discusses Tax Expenditures For Deficit Reduction
In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal this Wednesday, Martin Feldstein discusses the pivotal role of tax expenditures in increasing the federal...
MarketWatch: July 19-23
As of mid-morning Friday, U.S. and overseas markets await the results of the stress tests conducted on European banks, to be released at noon. Based...
The Social Security Retirement Age
At a time when Social Security is increasingly getting lawmakers' attention for the possibility of reform, raising the retirement age is starting to...
Reducing Improper Payments
Today, President Obama signed the Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act, hoping to make a dent in wasteful spending. Improper payments are...