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Introducing CRFB's Latest Long Term Realistic Baseline
With the release of CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook last week, CRFB has updated the Realistic Baseline to incorporate elements of CBO's long-term...
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CRFB Comments on the CBO Outlook
CRFB's newest paper dives into the set of projections underlying CBO's Long Term Budget Outlook. The report shows two very divergent paths for the...
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Dynamic Scoring Explained
What is dynamic scoring? How are legislative proposals currently scored? CRFB's latest policy paper details the process and methods that the...
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CRFB’s Simulator: A Tool for Fixing the Budget
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...
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CRFB Breaks Down the Social Security Trustees Report
With the release of Trustees reports on Social Security and Medicare, CRFB has released its analysis of the Social Security report, breaking down the...
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Next Stop on the National Debt Tour: Roanoke, Virginia
Today, the National Debt Tour -- a nationwide discussion with policymakers, fiscal experts and business leaders pushing for a major deficit reduction...
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A Short History of CRFB's Budget Simulators
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...
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What Congress Should Do With the Fiscal Cliff
With a large number of policies set to expire or kick in at the end of the year, with serious fiscal impacts, CRFB has released a paper laying out the...
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CRFB Continues the "National Debt Tour"
As part of a continued national discussion on fiscal responsibility, The Wall Street Journal's Viewpoints Executive Breakfast Series will host Fiscal...
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CRFB Compares the Major Deficit Reduction Plans
Comparing fiscal plans can often be a difficult task. The plans may use different baselines, use different ten-year windows, have different estimates...
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The War Gimmick Simplified
With CBO recently having scored President Obama's 2013 Budget Request, included within the total score is a score of a policy known as capping...
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Explaining the Three Scenarios in "Primary Numbers"
Last week, we released our in-depth analysis of the debt impact of the four Republican candidates’ budget proposals, a report that received a...