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Revenue Provisions in the President's Budget
For the first time in a few days, Tax Day did actually fall on April 15, so hopefully the tax procrastinators out there were able to get their filing...
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The Sequester and the Baseline
Since the President's budget was released last week, there has been an ongoing debate over how much it saves. We’ve tried to shed light on this...
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Is Chained CPI a 6 Percent Benefit Cut or a 25 Percent Benefit Increase?
With the President proposing switching to the chained CPI to measure inflation, the attack dogs are out. We've written on the merits of moving to the...
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GAO's Long-Term Budget Outlook
Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its long-term fiscal outlook, presenting both long-term projections and estimates of...
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How the President's Budget Deals With Temporary Policies
A common affliction of the federal government in recent years has been the many temporary extensions of certain spending or tax benefits. Because...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas April 15 2013
It's Tax Day, meaning that those who procrastinated spent their weekends trying to work through our overly-complex tax code. The federal code contains...
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Three Voices in Support of the Chained CPI
Given the chained CPI is primary a technical adjustment to more accurately measure inflation, support for the change can be found among experts across...
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The House, Senate, and President's Budgets: A Comparison
As we mentioned on Wednesday, budget season can often be as confusing as it is clarifying. While it would seem that both chambers and the President...
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The President's Proposed Chained CPI Protections
Much of the early debate surrounding President Obama’s FY 2014 budget concerns his inclusion of the chained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI), a more...
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CRFB Breaks Down the President's Budget
Yesterday, we took our first look at the President's FY 2014 Budget, which put forward the final White House deficit reduction offer to Speaker...
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Op-Ed: Tax Reform Can Be the Key to a Debt Deal
The Hill | April 11, 2013 The Senate and House of Representatives both have passed budgets that represent the preferences of the majority party in...
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