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.
Next Stop on the National Debt Tour: Roanoke, Virginia
Today, the National Debt Tour -- a nationwide discussion with policymakers, fiscal experts and business leaders pushing for a major deficit reduction...
Sen. Conrad Proposes Fiscal Commission Budget
At a press conference today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) put forward a budget resolution that his Committee will be marking up...
Models for Tax Reform
Continuing on our Tax Week theme, this blog will focus on the various models there are for tax reform. Obviously, there are an almost unlimited number...
MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein and Jason Peuquet
Today is Tax Day and Financial Literacy Day, and just as we examine our own finances, our federal government should do the same. In The Hill, CRFB's...
Line Items: Tax Edition
Tax Reform Cometh…Eventually – Today is Tax Day, when federal tax returns are due. Procrastinators have DC Emancipation Day, a holiday in the District...
The 2013 Budget Process Moves Forward...Sort Of
The House Republican budget resolution included reconciliation instructions to six committees to find $261 billion in savings over ten years intended...
Are We In For a (Tax) Cliff Hanger?
In honor of Tax Day on Tuesday, we will be doing blogs this week about the current shape of the tax code and what can be done to fix it. Our first...
Gregg: Reconvene Simpson-Bowles Commission
With the fiscal cliff approaching and no solution yet emerging, former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) has an interesting idea: bring back the Fiscal...
News Flash: The Purpose of Taxes Is to Pay for Government
Matt Miller and Ezra Klein wrote op-eds on Wednesday with a very similar message: neither party is doing themselves or the country any favor with...
Trust Funds and the Budget
Charles Blahous's paper on the Affordable Care Act has sparked a lot of buzz, leading to some discussion about "double-counting" the Medicare savings...
Economics of the Fiscal Cliff
Our recent paper on the fiscal cliff details the short-term or longer-term economic problems that the country will face if lawmakers either allow...
A Short History of CRFB's Budget Simulators
Congressional Quarterly's John Cranford has a nice profile of CRFB's " Stabilize the Debt" budget simulator. If you have not done so already, it is...