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.
Interactive Tool: Reforming the Candidates' Fiscal Plans
Our recent in-depth analysis Promises and Price Tags found that the national debt would continue to rise under a Hillary Clinton or a Donald Trump...
Looking at the Long Term Under the Candidates' Plans
We’ve shown before that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump would reverse the unsustainable growth of the national debt over the next decade, and...
Medicare Premium Issue Makes a Return
The recent announcement of a 0.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries does not just affect those on the program...
Maya MacGuineas: Neither Candidate Has Any Real Plan for Our National Debt
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
Paul A. Volcker & Peter G. Peterson: Ignoring the Debt Problem
Peter G. Peterson is the founder and chairman of the Pete G. Peterson Foundation and a board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
How Clinton and Trump Could Affect Economic Growth
Recently, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) estimated the economic impact of Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's tax plans, finding that both plans would...
Event Recap: How Would Americans Fix Social Security?
On October 18, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-hosted an event with Voice of the People to discuss the latest findings of their...
Social Security, Health, and Interest Spending Account for Four-Fifths of Spending Growth
The deficit will rise dramatically over the next decade, from about $590 billion at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 to over $1.2 trillion at the end...
Would Clinton Double Some People's Taxes?
During the third presidential debate on October 19, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said about Hillary Clinton's tax plan, "Her plan is...
Five Easy Fixes that Won't Save Social Security
Tonight’s Presidential debate will include a discussion of debt and entitlements, which hopefully touches on the looming insolvency of the government...
Let's Have a Real Debate
Cross-posted on the Fix the Debt blog The first two presidential debates offered a lot of drama but little substance. So the final debate tonight is...
Will Obamacare Be One of the Biggest Line Items in the Budget?
During the second presidential debate on October 9, Donald Trump said in response to a question about the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), "It’s...