Budgets & Projections
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Op-Ed: If Washington Worked, Here's How We'd Fix the Budget
The Atlantic | July 6, 2011 Seven months after the president's deficit commission released its report, Washington is embroiled in a self-destructive...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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CBO Makes the Case for Strict Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rules
In their recent Long Term Outlook, CBO shows the nation to be on an unsustainable fiscal path if we continue our current policies. Under its...
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Budget Path: How Feds Can Avert the Fiscal Crisis
The Public Manager | June 24, 2011 In the wake of the recent financial meltdown from which we are still recovering, the United States faces the...
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The Economic Effects of High Debt
Continuing our analysis of CBO's Long-Term Outlook, we looked yesterday at the policy assumptions under CBO's two budget paths and at spending and...
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CBO's Elmendorf to Testify Before House Budget Committee at 10am Today
At 10am today, CBO director Doug Elmendorf will testify before the House Budget Committee on CBO's latest Long-Term Budget Outlook, released yesterday...
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Event Recap: 2011 CRFB Annual Conference and Dinner
On June 14, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget held its 2011 Annual Conference and Dinner on Capitol Hill. This year’s roundtable...
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Health Care Versus Aging
As we explained in our recent analysis of CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, the debt is on an unsustainable path. Only a decade from now, under their...