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.
Revisiting Dynamic Scoring
The use of dynamic scoring is one of the most contested issues in the budget world. We highlighted the pros and cons of using it and the issues...
How the Fiscal Cliff (and Tax Reform) Could Affect Tax Rates
Over at TaxVox, Roberton Williams writes about what will happen to tax rates under the fiscal cliff. Many economists believe that marginal tax rates...
Schumer Outlines His Vision for Taxes
In a speech at the National Press Club (video here), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) outlined his vision of how to change the tax code. During the...
Would Raising the Retirement Age Crowd Out Young Workers?
One of the criticisms of raising the retirement age is the belief that older workers delaying retirement may "crowd out" younger workers and cause...
Van Hollen Sees Simpson-Bowles as the Framework for a Deal
Former Super Committee member and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) indicated in a recent Bloomberg interview that the...
Bob Pozen Offers Corporate Tax Proposal
Much of the focus of broadening the tax base in tax reform is on tax expenditures. However, as both our corporate tax paper and our corporate tax...
The Final Tally for 2012: $1.09 Trillion Deficit
CBO's final Monthly Budget Review for FY 2012 came out today, showing the (preliminary) final estimate for the deficit that year: $1.09 trillion, or 7...
MY VIEW: David Walker October 2012
Former U.S. Comptroller General and CRFB Board Member David Walker has been busy traveling across the country on Comeback America's fiscal...
MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle October 2012
Eugene Steuerle has a tongue-in-cheek post in his "The Government We Deserve" blog on why Americans should choose him as President after last night's...
How a Cap on Deductions Might Work
Update: Clint Stretch at Capital Gains and Games sketches out possibilities for base broadening in Gov. Romney's plan. This week, Republican...
Omissions and Clarifications From Our Fact-Checking
We did our best to live fact-check the first presidential debate on Twitter, laying out the facts on fiscal issues. Of course, time constraints and...
Check Out Our Live Fact-Checking of the First Presidential Debate!
The wait is finally over. Tonight in Denver will be the first of the three presidential debates, and there will be an opportunity to hear directly...