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.
Rivlin Warns More Work is Needed on Debt and Deficits
Former CBO director and CRFB board member Alice Rivlin was interviewed by the Fiscal Times Sunday on the state of our budget and economy. Rivlin...
What the Delay of the ACA's Employer Mandate Means for the Budget
Yesterday, the Obama administration announced the one-year delay of a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires coverage reporting and...
New Estimates of Immigration Reform: What They Say
Both the Social Security Chief Actuary and the CBO have already weighed in on the Senate's immigration reform bill, showing that it would give a short...
GAO Finds Low Effective Corporate Tax Rates
As the tax reform debate begins to heat up again, a new report released by the General Accountability Office (GAO) contributes some telling...
Appropriations Update: Sequester Looms Large in the Process
The appropriations process is usually arduous, but this year may be even more so. The largest disagreement between the Senate and House, which is...
CRFB Board Member William Gray Passes Away
CRFB board member and former Pennsylvania Congressman William H. Gray III passed away Monday in London, England. Rev. Gray was 71 years old. Rev. Gray...
Are Energy Tax Expenditures Effective at Reducing Emissions?
In 2010 and 2011, the federal government "spent" nearly $50 billion in revenue on energy tax expenditures. But are these provisions actually achieving...
American Public Supports Fiscally Responsible Corporate Tax Reform
Among developed countries the US is unique in taxes in a number of different ways. One claim to fame is the fact that the U.S. now has the highest...
Fiscal Fantasy vs. Fiscal Reality
Today in an opinion piece in The Washington Post and in a report from Third Way, Jon Cowan and Jim Kessler present an intriguing argument tackling...
MY VIEW: Laura Tyson June 28 2013
Today, on The New York Times' Economix blog, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and CRFB board member Laura Tyson discusses the possible...
Interpreting Changes in Long-Term Projections
Yesterday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities updated its long-term outlook for the federal budget and like our long-term Realistic Baseline...
New Interactive Map: Variations in Medicare Costs
It's no secret that getting health care spending under control will be key for the federal budget. Nearly one out of every four federal program...