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.
Glenn Hubbard Joins the Announcement Effect Club
In a Bloomberg Op-Ed today, Glenn Hubbard, a former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under former President George W. Bush, joined the...
‘Line’ Items: Game On Edition
Game Time – NASCAR has begun its chase for the championship, baseball’s pennant race is under way, the deficit super committee is deliberating and we...
How Does President Obama's Plan Stack Up?
With President Obama's deficit reduction plan now officially out, it's worth comparing the debt path under this plan to other debt paths. For the...
MY VIEW: Paul Volcker
In today's New York Times, CRFB board member and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker has an op-ed on the dangers of inflation. He...
CRFB on President Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan
With the release of President Obama's deficit reduction plan this morning, CRFB has put out a press release commenting on the proposal. We note that...
Obama Leaves Social Security Out
With President Obama's deficit reduction plan set to be released on Monday, we already have some idea of what will be in it: reductions in tax...
A Few Submissions to the Super Committee
The parade of submissions to the Super Committee has started. Over the next few months the Super Committee is likely to be inundated by fiscal plans...
36 Senators Call for Super Committee to "Go Big"
Update: The Gang of 36 has grown to 45 --23 Republicans, 21 Democrats, and 1 Independent. See below for the full list of participating Senators. Today...
What Congress Needs to Do in the Next Two Weeks
Congress has a long checklist of things it has to do by the end of September. On Tuesday, it informally crossed one thing off when the House passed a...
Vice President Convenes Waste-Reduction Meeting
Today, Vice President Joe Biden convened the first cabinet-level meeting as part of the Administration's "Campaign to Cut Waste." He also announced a...
Blue Dogs Bark for Super Committee to “Think Bigger”
Today, members of the Blue Dog Coalition—a group of fiscally conservative Democrats—sent a letter to the Super Committee urging it to exceed the...
Go Big Gaining Momentum
Yesterday, we released a letter signed by over 60 leading budget experts from various fields urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (...