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.
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...
MacGuineas: Make Candidates Debate the Debt
Today, we are launching DebateTheDebt.org, a site where you can sign a petition calling for a real debate devoted to the debt. In that vein, CRFB...
How Is the House Replacing the Sequester?
Update: CBO has posted scores for the Energy and Commerce and Oversight bills. They would save $113 billion and $83.3 billion, respectively, over ten...
CRFB’s Simulator: A Tool for Fixing the Budget
To hear the news coming out of Washington, finding the route to fiscal stability can be pretty hopeless as our leaders all steer in different...
Chairman Bernanke Addresses the Fiscal Cliff
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke held a press conference yesterday following the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting...
Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm: Congress Cannot Afford to Punt on Social Security
Today, two of CRFB's co-chairman, former Representatives Charlie Stenholm (D-TX) and Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), penned an op-ed in The Hill, saying that the...
Comparing the House and Senate Agriculture Changes
Recently, both the House and Senate proposed cuts to the Department of Agriculture. Though the proposals are fairly similar in magnitude, they achieve...
A Hypothetical Debate on Social Security
A new article from Jeffrey Brown of Forbes succinctly captures much of the debate around the findings of the Social Security Trustees report. In many...