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.
Gene Steuerle: The 'Save Our Social Security Act of 2016': A Major Step Toward Reform
Without fanfare, a bipartisan group of Representatives has introduced a bill that could bring Social Security’s finances close to long-term balance.
Subject to Change: How Different Parameters Could Affect Long-Term Debt
Underlying the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) 30-year budget projections are a series of economic and demographic assumptions that are critical...
Long-Term Budget Outlook Underlines Trouble Ahead for Social Security
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook release came with updated projections of the 75-year solvency of Social Security...
Making Trust Funds Solvent Would Just About Stabilize Debt
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows a bleak picture, with federal debt steadily rising from 75 percent of Gross Domestic...
Analyzing Clinton's Health and Education Expansions
Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently unveiled expansions of her proposals for higher education and...
How Much Would Clinton and Trump Increase Our $19 Trillion Gross Debt?
Our report Promises and Price Tags: A Fiscal Guide to the 2016 Election estimates that debt held by the public would rise from about $14 trillion...
Has President Obama Doubled the National Debt?
While accepting the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump said, "President Obama has almost doubled our national debt to more than $19...
Latest Health Spending Projection Shows Higher Spending Growth Ahead
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its National Health Expenditure (NHE) projections for 2015-2025 last week. National health...
Is the U.S. the Highest Taxed Nation in the World?
As he accepted the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump stated that “America is one of the highest-taxed countries in the world,” while...
The Long-Term Outlook Could Be Even Worse Than CBO Says
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows debt nearly doubling as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the next 30...
The Very, Very Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows growing federal debt over the next 30 years, but we extended those projections to 75...
What Donald Trump Can Do to Improve His Tax and Spending Policies
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week, Donald Trump’s economic advisers Andy Puzder and Stephen Moore stated that the campaign will release changes...