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.
How to Save $600 Billion in Health Care While Protecting the Disadvantaged
In his testimony to the Super Committee, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles floated a compromise plan which would, among other things, reduce...
McConnell Lends Support for "Go Big"
According to The Hill, Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has signaled to Senate colleagues that he would be willing to support a $4...
What Have the Rating Agencies Been Saying?
Moody's issued a report the other day stating that failure by the Super Committee would not by itself cause them to strip the U.S. of its AAA rating...
Bowles Plan Offers Path to Compromise
At the end of Tuesday's Super Committee hearing, Fiscal Commission co-chair and CRFB board member Erskine Bowles offered up top-line numbers...
Go Big Is In the House
Today, Representatives Heath Shuler (D-NC) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) held a press conference to release a new letter to the Super Committee signed by...
Social Security Debate Heats Up
With reports that the Super Committee has been considering reforms to Social Security, rhetoric from all sides of the issue has been heating up. This...
Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Erskine Bowles Presents Compromise Plan to Super Committee
At the end of the just-concluded hearing of the Super Committee, Fiscal Commission Co-Chair and CRFB Board Member Erskine Bowles presented his top...
MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel, Tim Penny, Jim Nussle, and Charlie Stenholm
Today in Politico, all four of the CRFB Co-Chairs penned an op-ed entitled, To Deficit Panel: Go Big, Long and Smart. Bill Frenzel, Tim Penny, Jim...
CRFB Live Tweeting Super Committee Hearing with Bowles, Simpson, Domenici, and Rivlin
Later today, the Super Committee will be holding another public hearing with Fiscal Commission co-chairs, Moment of Truth Project Advisors, and CRFB...
MY VIEW: Vic Fazio
Today's Roll Call included an op-ed by former Representative and current CRFB board member Vic Fazio. He discusses the need for fiscal reform right...
Line Items: Halloween Edition
Happy Halloween – Anyone with kids, or anyone who enjoys scaring kids, knows that today is Halloween; the day of the year it is acceptable to wear...
Business Support for Go Big Grows
Going big is getting bigger. A letter to the Super Committee today from a coalition of business organizations that spans numerous industries...