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MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle January 2011
In a recently published article in The Fiscal Times, CRFB board member Eugene Steuerle analyzes the current debate over health-care in Washington. Mr...
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CNN Money Exclusive: National debt: The ugly facts
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas discusses the ugly facts about our national debt. If Congress and the president...
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David Walker: Congress Needs to Get Serious About Fixing Finances
In a recent Roll Call Op-Ed, CRFB Board Member David Walker urges lawmakers to make bold fiscal policy steps to reduce the deficit. Walker challenges...
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CNN Money Exclusive: Why GOP Agenda Could Make Debt Worse
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas says that despite the rhetoric on reducing the deficit, some of the high-profile...
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MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle January 2011
What do you pay in Medicare taxes? And what Medicare benefits can you expect? This issue—potent now that the first baby boomers are turning 65—was...
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CNN Money Exclusive: Tax Plan: Get Ready for a Big Debt Hangover
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas discusses the challenges ahead with the recent deal on tax cuts and how...
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Gene Steuerle: Encouraging Savings and Reducing the Debt
CRFB Board Member, Gene Steuerle, is co-author with Robert Friedman of a recent op-ed which discusses how to prioritize tax breaks to encourage...
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CNN Money Exclusive: A debt fix to believe in
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas celebrates the bipartisan, super-majority vote of the Fiscal Commission and...
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Bill Frenzel on Bowles-Simpson
CRFB co-chair Bill Frenzel says "three cheers for Bowles and Simpson" as he and fellow Brookings experts talk about reducing the federal budget...
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Gene Steuerle in the Ripon Forum
CRFB board member Gene Steuerle has a piece in the Ripon Forum on the need for deficit reduction and budget process reform. He mentions the new...
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CNN Money Exclusive: Stop Whining About Bowles-Simpson. Let's Make it Better.
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas challenges critics of the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction plan and offers ideas...
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My View: Carol Cox Wait
Hip, Hip, Hooray! The Chairmen of the President’s Deficit Reduction Commission finally have shed some light on the kinds of choices that will be...