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.
Changes to Note in the Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security Trustees Report showed a largely similar outlook compared to the report last year, though it was slightly worse. Trust fund...
Drivers of the Debt: Aging in the Medium Term, Health Costs Over the Long Term
The recent CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook confirmed that our long-term debt problems remain far from solved, with debt projected to exceed the size of...
Event Recap: Decoding the Social Security Trustees Report
On Tuesday, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event titled " Decoding the Social Security Trustees Report" to discuss the...
The Social Security Commission Act of 2014
In late May, Representatives Tom Cole (R-OK) and John Delaney (D-MD) introduced the Social Security Commission Act of 2014, reflecting a bipartisan...
Price Tag for VA Conference Bill: $10 Billion
Note: CBO has issued a more detailed score of the bill. The table has been updated to reflect these numbers. The Congressional Budget Office yesterday...
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...