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.
How Might the Fiscal Cliff Play Out?
This week’s The Economist offers another analysis of the end-of-year fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts that the United States faces...
CBO Director Lays Out Six Criteria for Evaluating Fiscal Plans
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) doesn't make recommendations for, or against, any fiscal plan, but that doesn't mean they can't...
MY VIEW: Judd Gregg May 2012
Today in The Hill, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) penned an Op-Ed analyzing the French elections (where France yesterday elected Mr. Hollande of the...
Dimon: "We Know the Way, It's Called Bowles-Simpson"
At an event at the University of Rochester's Simon School yesterday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made a direct call for the Simpson-Bowles...
A Social Solution for Social Security
Last week’s report from the Social Security Trustees laid out the challenges facing the vital program. The largest federal program began running...
Brookings Institution Comments on Tax Reform
As the topic of tax reform will be heating up this year, five analysts from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project have released a paper called...
Different Approaches to the Simulator
David Lawder of Reuters has featured our recently updated budget simulator in an excellent piece about the challenges of cutting the debt. The...
Marc Goldwein: Social Security Disability System Is Broken
CRFB's Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein has a message to policymakers in an op-ed in The Hill: don't overlook the disability insurance (DI)...
Yes, Actually, We Should Pay for the Tax Cuts
An article in The Hill today notes that House Republicans do not plan to offer offsets for the extension of the 2001/2003 tax cuts that expire at the...
When It Comes to Deficit Reduction, Timing Matters
The news that Britain has entered into a double-dip recession touched off a fierce debate last week over the role of austerity in the country's...
Americans Have Their Say in Reducing the National Debt
The politicians don't seem to want to budge on the budget, but our simulator is allowing the public to nudge them along. The results from the...
What Will Congress Do With the Tax Extenders?
Last week, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a review of "tax extenders" -- tax provisions that have been enacted...