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    A Bipartisan Path Forward

    Analysis of the President's FY 2014 Budget

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    Our Debt Problems Are Still Far from Solved

A Bipartisan Path Forward
A Bipartisan Path Forward

 

Erskine Bowles and Al Simpson have released their "Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America's Future", a detailed $2.5 trillion deficit reduction plan to put our debt on a sustainable path. The plan replaces the sequester with smarter and more targeted reforms to entitlement programs and the tax code. The plan puts debt on a clear downward path to 69 percent of the economy by 2023.

Read the "Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America's Future" here and read the blog series on the plan here.

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Analysis of the President's FY 2014 Budget
Analysis of the President's FY 2014 Budget

 

The President has released his budget proposal for FY 2014. CRFB released a full analysis of the proposal in a press release, paper, and blog series. Analysis includes an in-depth look at the budget's fiscal metrics, the deficit reduction offer, the new policy initiatives, and the budget's economic assumptions, and a broad look at how the savings compare under different baselines.

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Get the Facts on the Chained CPI
Get the Facts on the Chained CPI

 

The Moment of Truth Project has updated its report "Measuring Up: The Case for Chained CPI," making the technical and budgetary case for the chained CPI and describing how it is an improvement over the current measures of inflation. MOT has also released a one-page summary, answers to FAQ's about the provision, a correction of common myths, and testimony to the Ways and Means Committee on the chained CPI.

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Our Debt Problems Are Still Far from Solved
Our Debt Problems Are Still Far from Solved

 

With CBO's latest budget projections being released, CRFB has updated its paper about where we stand with the budget situation and how much more savings it will take to put our debt on a sustainable path. Getting debt on a downward path will now require $2.2 trillion of additional savings.

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Reports and Releases

May 17, 2013
Release: CRFB Reacts to the CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2014 Budget
May 15, 2013
Report: Our Debt Problems Are Still Far from Solved
May 13, 2013
Op-Ed: Sequester Signals Need for Real Deficit Reduction
May 10, 2013
Op-Ed: A Bipartisan Case for Chained CPI
April 30, 2013
Op-Ed: Measuring Inflation Right is Both Fair and Accurate
April 29, 2013
Op-Ed: A Grand Bargain is Still Possible. Here’s How.
April 26, 2013
Op-Ed: Obama’s Legacy Rests on Reducing the Debt
April 24, 2013
Release: Replace the Sequester with Real Savings, Not Gimmicks
April 19, 2013
Summary of "A Bipartisan Path Forward"
April 19, 2013
Report: A Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America's Future
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CRFB's Blog: The Bottom Line

May 17, 2013
CBO Releases Analysis of President Obama's FY 2014 Budget
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of President Obama’s FY 2014 budget request. CRFB has released a reaction to the score of the budget, praising the President for putting forward a deficit reduction offer that addresses the country's debt path, but warning that there would still need to be more done, particularly on entitlement spending.
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May 17, 2013
S&P's Credit Analyst: US Not "Credit-Positive"
We've talked before on The Bottom Line about why lawmakers should not wait to deal with our unsustainable debt. Among the most important reasons for dealing with deficits now is the chance to improve confidence in our nation's finances and avoid a fiscal crisis.
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May 16, 2013
The Latest on the Affordable Care Act
Although it may be difficult to get an updated comprehensive score of the Affordable Care Act from CBO, CBO has updated its estimate of the coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act with each new baseline. This baseline is no exception.
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May 19, 2010
As Congress Sidesteps The Budget, You Can Step In
CRFB encourages you to check out our budget simulator: Stabilize the Debt! It's no secret that America's finances are a mess. The problem of our mounting debt can't be solved overnight, but we need to start addressing it now. In this online simulator, visitors get to make the hard choices themselves in order to stabilize the debt at 60% of GDP by 2018.
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June 16, 2011
CRFB Unveils Fiscal Plan Comparison Website!
Check out CRFB's Fiscal Plan Comparison Tool! The Comparison Tool is an interactive website that allows users to compare up to 3 fiscal plans side-by-side. A countless number of budgets or fiscal plans have been released in the past year and a half, and our new website is an easy way to compare and keep track of them.
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The Moment of Truth (MOT) project is a non-profit, non-partisan effort that seeks to foster honest discussion about the nation’s fiscal challenges, the difficult choices that must be made to solve them, and the potential for bipartisan compromise that can move the debate forward and set our country on a sustainable path.

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