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.
MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle March 2011
Once again, policy-watchers and policymakers are fired up over whether Social Security needs to be fixed anytime soon. Some resort to pretty arcane...
Debate BUILDs over Infrastructure Investment
The recent introduction of the BUILD Act to create a national infrastructure bank to help finance infrastructure improvements has started a needed...
"Meet the Generations": Seniors
Meet Edna, a 75-year-old fictitious senior citizen. In the third installment of our "Meet the Generations" series, we take a look how policymakers'...
Ruth Marcus: “A Debt Crisis That Requires Compassion”
In her recent column, Ruth Marcus, of The Washington Post declared: “Don’t call me a deficit hawk. Call me a deficit panda.” Seeking a cuddlier image...
Fiscal Power Rankings
Students at Stanford University, under the guidance of Comeback America Initiative (CAI) CEO and CRFB board member David Walker, have developed a...
Health Care Reform Has Its First Birthday
One year ago on Wednesday, the health care reform legislation (or PPACA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was passed by Congress...
Will It Take a Crisis?
In a new paper released by The Pew Charitable Trusts, George Mason University Professor (and Peterson-Pew Commission consultant) Paul Posner addresses...
We Could've Told You...
Last week, CBO showed that the President's Budget was way too optimistic about its projections of deficits and debt. But CBO's findings would not have...
CNN Money Exclusive: Deficit Pessimist Sees Hope for a Deal
In her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas expresses increasing - but still cautious - optimism about the possibility of a...
CBO Projects Slightly Smaller Deficits under Current Law
Along with CBO's preliminary analysis of the President's Budget on Friday came an update in CBO's baseline, which actually shows a $234 billion...
‘Line’ Items: March of Madness Edition
Madness in Washington – The down-to-the-wire finishes, Hail Marys and upsets in DC weren’t confined to the Verizon Center. Capitol Hill is...