Budgets & Projections
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Op-Ed: Fixing the Federal Debt Demands a Comprehensive Approach
Arizona Capitol Times | June 10, 2013 Our federal budget is on a destructive and dangerous path. It is vital for our leaders to find a solution to our...
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Washington Post Makes the Case for Fiscal Space
When the financial crisis began at the end of 2007, it soon became clear that the government would need to run higher deficits in response. Tax...
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Reset the Fiscal Debate, But Towards a Comprehensive Fiscal Plan
In a new paper, the Center for American Progress's Michael Linden makes the case for resetting the fiscal debate. His main point is that given...
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Gale on Deficit Optimism
As we've said before, while the new budget projections from the CBO are an encouraging sign, it is easy to be overly optimistic about what the...
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Report: What We Expect From the Upcoming Fiscal Discussions
Note: The FY 2013 post-sequester numbers in Figure 1 have been corrected from the original version of this paper.
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CBO Looks at a Carbon Tax
The revenue debate in DC is one that is often focused on the individual income tax system. But one option to raise revenue is to use new taxes that...
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The $21 Billion TARP
Yesterday, the CBO released its latest estimate of the subsidy cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The estimate serves as a...
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CED Responds to New CBO Projections
As we have written before, the CBO recently released updated projections that show an improvement in the fiscal climate. Based on CRFB’s realistic...
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The Time for Social Security Reform is Now
Today, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on bipartisan proposals to reform Social Security. Members of the...
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The Re-Estimated Bipartisan Path Forward
The CBO has now spoken on how the President's budget would affect the fiscal outlook. Debt would fall to 70 percent of GDP by 2023, compared to 73...
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CRFB Breaks Down CBO's Estimate of the President's Budget
As a follow up to our initial reaction to CBO's estimates of the President's budget, CRFB has released a full report that breaks down the analysis...
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