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.
IMF Issues Grim Warning
Highlighting the growing concern within international circles and among the various ratings agencies, the International Monetary Fund released its...
Senate Votes to Cut Spending in the Tax Code
For anyone who is interested in seeing tax subsidies cleaned up, there's a bit of good news for you. The Senate voted yesterday to eliminate a $5.4...
The Wall Street Journal's Social Security Tool
It seems that interactive tools are definitely in vogue. We'd like to say we started the trend with the Stabilize the Debt simulator, and we have...
Sen. Hutchison Unveils Social Security Plan
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison unveiled her Social Security reform plan today, and conveniently, it already has its own score from the Office of the Chief...
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...
Appropriations Update: More of the Same
In this next installment of our FY 2012 appropriations update, we will detail the actions that the House has taken since our last update on May 24...
Other Happenings at the Debt Conference
CRFB's debt conference yesterday, titled "The Debt Ceiling, Fiscal Plans, and Market Jitters: Where Do We Go from Here?," featured an all-star cast of...
Highlights from Chairman Bernanke's Speech
We were lucky enough to have Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke open our annual conference this week. His remarks were an important statement on...
Tune into CRFB's Debt Conference Today!
We hope you tune in today to the live webcast below and Twitter feed ( @budgethawks and #debtconference) of CRFB's 2011 Annual Conference The Debt...
Actually, Raising the Medicare Age is Also a Good Idea
Update: As it turns out, increasing the Medicare age actually improves benefits for low-income seniors, thus helping to most disadvantaged. Since...
President Obama Joins the Announcement Effect Club
Yesterday while making comments about the Jobs and Competitiveness Council, President Obama made some remarks that qualified him to be the newest...
The New Biden Group
As the bipartisan group of lawmakers being led by Vice President Biden continue to discuss the budget and ways to raise the debt ceiling, it seems the...