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.
As Debt-Limit Deadline Nears, Lawmakers Must Avoid Budget Gimmicks
At a press briefing yesterday, President Obama invited Congressional leaders of both parties to the White House tomorrow to continue ongoing debt...
4:40pm Today President Briefs Press on State of Debt Talks
At 4:40pm today, the President will brief the press on the state of the budget negotiations and the next steps. See the live streaming video here --...
‘Line’ Items: Independence Day Edition
More Fireworks in Store – Washington, DC celebrated Independence Day on Monday night with its annual fireworks display on the National Mall. Though...
Wyoming Residents Ask Politicians to Endorse Fiscal Commission
After a sold-out presentation in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week in which Fiscal Commission co-chair Senator Alan Simpson detailed the Commission's $4...
Projecting Defense Spending
In a recent report, CBO estimated the base defense budget from 2012 out through 2030 using the Defense Department's Future Years Defense Program (FYDP...
MY VIEW: Dan Crippen
In today's Washington Post, CRFB board member Dan Crippen makes the case for closing the tax loophole for online retailers. Mr. Crippen argues that...
Getting All A-Twitter on the Budget
It’s hard to deny that Twitter has become an important medium, having recently surpassed 300 million registered users. The White House has recognized...
Understanding the Long Term Budget Projections
As if we didn't have enough on CBO's Long Term Outlook last week, we have more long-term budget projections, this time in the form of CRFB's Realistic...
Farewell to QE2
June has come to a close. With that also comes an end of the second round of quantitative easing, known as QE2. QE2 started off small in August 2010...
Senate Armed Services Committee Report
As our nation’s debt continues along its unsustainable path, it has become increasingly essential for a comprehensive fiscal plan that targets all...
GAO Study: Complexity of Tax Code is Costly
Yesterday the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a study on the complexity of the federal tax code at a Senate Finance Committee hearing...
Senators Lieberman and Coburn Release Medicare Proposal
Earlier today, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) released a Medicare reform proposal similar to one that Sen. Lieberman proposed a few...