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.
House Should Take Up and Improve Senate Bill
Last night, the Senate passed legislation extending highway funding through December and offsetting the cost with a number of deficit reduction...
Medicare Trustees Report Delivers Good News But Need for Reform Remains
We have already released our analysis of the 2014 Social Security Trustees' report, which showed that the program's long-term finances are largely...
MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle July 2014
Eugene Steuerle is the cofounder of the Tax Policy Center, a senior fellow at The Urban Institute, a columnist for Tax Notes Magazine, and a CRFB...
CRFB Event: Decoding the Social Security Trustees Report
With the release of the Social Security Trustees Report, CRFB held an event examining the trustees report on July 29, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency in...
VA Compromise Announced
This afternoon, Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL) announced compromise legislation to address the serious problems at the...
CRFB Analyzes The Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports provide a detailed projection of each program's finances over the next 75 years. In response, we...
Social Security Trustees Show Program Headed Toward Insolvency
Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released reports on the financial state of the country's largest entitlement programs. The reports...
Rep. Ryan Unveils Antipoverty Plan at AEI Event
The American Enterprise Institute held an event Thursdsay commemorating the 50th anniversary of the start of the War on Poverty. The event, “Expanding...
The Carper-Corker-Boxer Amendment: A Gimmick-Free Highway Funding Patch
This week, the Senate agreed by unanimous consent to consider the House-passed highway bill, H.R. 5021. The agreement allows for the consideration of...
Actually, Paul, the Debt is Still a Problem
In a recent New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman argued that the focus on the national debt represented “an imaginary budget and debt crisis...
Economic Effects of the President's Budget: It's All About Immigration Reform
In its release this week of the economic effects of the President's budget, CBO found it would increase the size of the economy, mainly due to...
Pension Smoothing Does Not Reduce the Deficit
In the coming days, the Senate will vote on the House-passed measure to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. The bill is a last-ditch effort to prevent...