Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Op-Ed: "Blank Slate" Key to Tax Reform
POLITICO | July 22, 2013 In the quarter century since Congress last reformed the Tax Code, back in 1986, it seems Washington has worked overtime to...
Op-Ed: Should Social Security Cost-of-Living Increases be Trimmed?
CQ Researcher | July 18, 2013 Should we measure inflation as accurately as possible? Of course we should, particularly when the fiscal implications of...
Op-Ed: Grand Budget Bargain? No, Congress Would Prefer To Fight
Brookings | July 8, 2013 Barring a miracle, budget bargains, either grand or petty, are not in the cards this year. The Congress would prefer to fight...
Op-Ed: The Baucus-Hatch “Blank Slate” Approach to Tax Reform Could Be Revolutionary
The Government We Deserve | July 3, 2013 No one quite knows what exactly Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin...
Op-Ed: The Myriad Benefits of a Carbon Tax
The New York Times | June 28, 2013 Few goals in Washington have more bipartisan support, at least in theory, than cleaning up the tax code...
Op-Ed: Prescription for Patient-Centered Care and Cost Containment
New England Journal of Medicine | June 27, 2013 Despite high national spending, health care in the United States is uneven in quality and often...
Op-Ed: Modernizing Corporate Taxation
Project Syndicate | June 26, 2013 How to tax the income of multinational corporations (MNCs) was an unlikely headline topic at the recent G-8 summit...
Report: Understanding CBO's Analysis of the Senate Immigration Bill
Correction: This paper originally stated that S. 744 targeted a 90% "apprehension" rate for border security. It actually targets a 90% effectiveness...
Op-Ed: Hey, Where Did Our Economy-Threatening Fiscal Crisis Run Off To?
Brookings | June 12, 2013 Federal policy makers always seem to be looking for reasons to dodge the difficult choices necessary to avoid the fiscal...
Op-Ed: Austerity, Stimulus, and Hidden Agendas
The Government We Deserve | June 11, 2013 Nothing better exemplifies our gridlock over the future of 21st century government, as well as how to...