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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The OECD and Robert Solow on the Effects of Debt
As our national debt and deficit continue to rise, a question that continues to be on many people’s minds is how rising debt levels impact the economy...
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Senate Sequester Proposals Get Scored
We brought up a couple of weeks ago that there were a number of plans to replace the sequester for either a year or permanently. Now, CBO has given us...
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Burwell Nominated for OMB Director
In a move that had been anticipated for a while, the Obama Administration has nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be the next OMB director. Jeff...
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Alter: Why Entitlement Reforms Are Essential
Friday at 11:59 PM, sequestration officially began, triggering sharp across-the-board cuts without much progress on bipartisan replacement plan. Our...
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Brookings Rethinks...New Revenue Sources
Throughout the week we have been breaking down the new report from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project, " 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal...
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Chained CPI Estimated to Reduce Deficit by $340 Billion
We've written extensively on the chained CPI, which represents both a more accurate measure of inflation and a policy change which would result in...
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Concord Coalition: It's Not Just a Health Care Problem
We've said frequently on this blog that controlling health care spending will be a crucial part of putting the debt on a sustainable path. After all...
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CBPP: Tax Expenditures Are Ripe for the Picking
Tax expenditures have been a hot topic lately as a way to raise additional revenue for a deficit reduction plan that could replace sequestration...
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Brookings Rethinks...Natural Disasters, Transportation, Visas & Housing
Our fourth blog on "15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget," a new report from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton project examines national disaster...
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Brookings Rethinks...Disability Insurance
We have been working our way through the “15 Ways to Rethink the Budget” report from the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project. Previously, we...
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Sen. Graham And Others Call for Entitlement and Tax Reform
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) put revenue on the table Monday night, in an interview on CNN's The Situation Room. Graham spoke out against sequestration...
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My VIEW: Bill Frenzel February 2013
We've talked a great deal about how sequestration is bad policy, but that the worst outcome would be to cancel the sequester without offsets. In the...