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.
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Is Sustained 4 Percent Annual Real Growth Achievable?
In response to a question about his plan for 4 percent economic growth, former Gov. Jeb Bush said, “We’ve done it 27 times since World War II. I think...
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Are We Borrowing a Million Dollars a Minute?
In talking about foreign aid in the context of his proposed budgets, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said that the federal government is “borrowing a million...
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Did President Reagan Expand Medicaid “Three or Four Times”?
At last night’s Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, a number of claims were made related to the budget and fiscal policy. Gov. John Kasich (R...
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Live-Tweeting the First GOP Primary Debate
As the 2016 election officially kicks off with the first Republican presidential primary debates in Cleveland tonight, our friends over at Fix the...
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CRFB and FTD Publish 16 Budget Myths to Watch Out For in the 2016 Campaign
The next President will need to confront a number of budgetary challenges and will likely sign into law many federal tax and spending changes. But...
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Maya MacGuineas: Debunking Budget Myths Before They Become Part of 2016 Campaign
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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JCT Confirms: Dynamic Scoring Doesn't Make Extenders Look Much Better
Lawmakers have so far been reluctant to pay for the group of temporary tax cuts known as the " tax extenders," instead generally just adding the cost...
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Do Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves?
Some advocates of tax cuts have suggested such cuts will not lose revenue since they will spur economic growth and thus produce enough additional tax...
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Can We Fix the Debt Solely by Taxing the Top 1 Percent?
A popular suggestion is that raising taxes only on high earners (for example, the top one percent – households that make above roughly $435,000...
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With Deficits Falling, Our Debt Problems are Behind Us
Since the Great Recession, the deficit has fallen by about two-thirds, from $1.4 trillion in 2009 to $485 billion in 2014, a fact that some have used...
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Can We Continue Borrowing Without Consequences?
One of the most common myths about the national debt is that we can increase it without consequence. Some argue that because the United States borrows...
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Will Tax Increases Cripple Economic Growth?
One common argument against increasing tax revenue is that it requires raising marginal tax rates, which could severely damage economic growth by...