(Go) Big Events – The Academy Awards and the NBA All-Star Game competed for attention Sunday night. Both events are more about showmanship than...

Were it not for the growth in spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, the United States wouldn't have much of a budget problem. The two...

The U.S. Budget Watch report " Primary Numbers: The GOP Candidates and the National Debt" has generated a lot of buzz since its release last Thursday...

Several developments this week give us hope that this election season will offer some much-needed focus on fiscal policy. Although exit/entrance polls...

True to this year's State of the Union address, the Obama Administration released a proposal Wednesday that seeks to lower the corporate tax rate from...

This morning, CRFB’s U.S. Budget Watch project will unveil Primary Colors: The GOP Candidates and the National Debt, a study of the policy proposals...

Update: Watch the live stream below. Today in Boston, CRFB kicks off a national tour of policymakers, fiscal experts, and business leaders as part of...

President Obama’s campaign made a splash this morning with their claims that Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney would dramatically increase the national...

In our paper on the President's budget, we noted that the budget would only temporarily stabilize the debt as a percent of GDP. In fact, it would rise...

Happy Presidents Day – As we honor those who have led this country, the race to become the next in that line is becoming more heated. And federal...

This week, in our blog series on the President's budget, we have talked about the overall numbers in the President's budget and the amount of savings...