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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.
MY VIEW: Kent Conrad
Yesterday, CRFB board member and former Senate Budget Committee argued in the Washington Post that ultimately, additional revenue through...
CBO Lowers Estimate for Increasing the Medicare Eligibility Age
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) dramatically lowered its estimate of savings if policymakers chose to increase the Medicare...
Taking Another Look at the Fiscal Speed Bumps Ahead
With a deal on the appropriations bill last week, the government has been reopened and a default has been avoided. But the reality is that lawmakers...
The Tax Break-Down: Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
This is the twelfth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Last...
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Conference Committee
As part of the bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown and avoid default, a budget conference was established. The purpose of this conference...
Where the Conference is Starting From
The first official meeting of the conference committee is expected to occur sometime next week, at which point the conferees will begin attempting to...
Citizens for Tax Justice Releases Tax Reform Plan
Citizens for Tax Justice has released a new tax reform plan which eliminates some tax breaks and uses some of the revenue to cut the top rate and...
Social Security Can Show a Way Forward
Years of failed budget negotiations have illustrated the political difficulties of a big budget deal. Neither political party is willing to touch...
Line Items: Back in Business Edition
Shutdown Smackdown – The shutdown ended and a default was averted last week, but the fallout continues as voters express their displeasure with...
The 1986 Tax Reform Act Turns 27
On this day 27 years ago, President Ronald Reagan signed into the law the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which stands as the last major overhaul of the US...
New Poll Finds Broad Support for Comprehensive Debt Plan
The Campaign to Fix the Debt has recently released the results of a new national telephone poll that found broad support for a comprehensive deficit...
Fix the Debt Releases Citizen's Plan
Yesterday, the Campaign to Fix the Debt unveiled its Citizens' Plan for lawmakers to consider over these next two months of budgetary debates...