Budget Simulator

Now that President Trump has unveiled his full budget proposal and Congress is working on its own budget resolution, CRFB is launching a new tool that...

Over the past few years, lawmakers have engaged in a series of budget showdowns trying to avoid fiscal speed bumps and reduce deficits. However, debt...

Taxing Time – This week was initially about the federal tax filing deadline, but the tragedies in Boston and Texas have shifted attention away from...

Today, the Concord Coalition and Next 10 released a new budget simulator that allows participants to choose for themselves how to reduce our...

At Wonkblog, Suzy Khimm points to a study done by the Stimson Center that polled Americans about how large the defense budget should be. The study...

A Galaxy Far, Far Away – Friday was Stars Wars Day, the annual observance of the popular movie series that plays on the date, as in May the Fourth (be...

Last week’s report from the Social Security Trustees laid out the challenges facing the vital program. The largest federal program began running...

David Lawder of Reuters has featured our recently updated budget simulator in an excellent piece about the challenges of cutting the debt. The...

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...

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...

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...

The New York Times released their own " budget puzzle" over the weekend, allowing users to try to eliminate the primary deficit (the deficit excluding...