Budgets & Projections
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Baucus, Murray, and Kerry on the Joint Committee
The three Democratic Senators on the Joint Committee--Max Baucus (D-MT), Patty Murray (D-WA), and John Kerry (D-MA)--have a lofty op-ed in the Wall...
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Putting the Brakes on U.S. Debt
As the world continues to struggle with the economic recovery and increasingly overwhelming debt levels, many are looking to Switzerland’s rather...
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Bill Frenzel: Super committee can't tackle real debt problem
In a commentary for CNN, CRFB co-chair Bill Frenzel lamented the small goal that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (or the "super...
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Op-Ed: Drawing a AAA-Road Map for Post-Downgrade America
The Atlantic | August 11, 2011 The country's most critical structural problem isn't employment or entitlements. It's Washington. And its window to...
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CBO on the Caps
The caps on discretionary spending were, of course, the concrete centerpiece of last week's budget deal. Considering the importance of the caps, CBO...
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CRFB's Updated Realistic Baseline
With the Budget Control Act now in the books, it's time for us to update our CRFB Realistic Baseline from our projections a month ago. In addition to...
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Op-Ed: S&P Rating: How to Get Back to AAA
CNN Money | August 8, 2011 Oh, AAA credit rating -- we never knew how much we loved you until we lost you. Just one more chance, please! It's like a...
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Op-Ed: With Downgrade, Now Can We Get Serious About Debt?
CNN | August 6, 2011 You can't say we didn't have a heads up. Just a few weeks ago, S&P said: "We may lower the long-term rating on the U.S. by one or...
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CBO Releases Social Security Projections
CBO's latest Social Security projections bring no surprises to anyone familiar with the state of the program's finances. CBO projects the program to...
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Will We Have a Lower Deficit This Year Than Last Year?
Budget projections are a rather fickle thing, especially in the midst of great uncertainty about the strength of the economic recovery. By accident...
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OMB Director Jack Lew on the Defense Cuts in the Debt Deal
The main savings feature that the debt deal (the Budget Control Act) contained--outside of the joint committee--is the discretionary spending caps...
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Op-Ed: Debt Deal--We Can, and Must, Do Better
CNN | August 2, 2011 Picture a negotiation with your boss that goes something like this: You walk in with dynamite strapped to your body and demand a...