Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Op-Ed: Steps to Fiscal Responsiblity
The Hill | December 14, 2012 While avoiding the “fiscal cliff” is essential to near-term recovery and job growth, it is just the first step to...
Op-Ed: A Real Debt Goal: 60 Percent by 2030
Politico | December 13, 2012 The fiscal cliff obsession in Washington is missing the whole point of fiscal reform: actually solving our national debt...
Op-Ed: Fiscal Cliff Deal: What We Need
Politico | December 6, 2012 When is a fiscal deal different from a Grand Bargain? When we talk about the solutions to two important and related...
Op-Ed: The "Go Fast" and "Go Big" Fiscal Challenges
New York Times | November 30, 2012 Washington faces two urgent fiscal challenges in the next few months. Before the end of the year, the lame duck...
Op-Ed: Inside America's Tax Battle
Project Syndicate | November 26, 2012 America’s recent presidential election answered the question of whether an increase in revenues will be part of...
Op-Ed: Five Myths About the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Washington Post | November 16, 2012 At the end of the year, the country faces an abrupt series of broad tax increases and blunt cuts to most federal...
Op-Ed: Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Is Good Policy—If You Like Unemployment
U.S. News and World Report | November 16, 2012 Don't even think about it! Falling off the fiscal cliff would be an economic disaster for the United...
Report: Raising Revenue From High Earners Through Base Broadening
Update (12/12/12): Figure 1 has been corrected from an earlier version that was based on estimates that "stacked" the provision to tax dividends as...
Op-Ed: Now that the Election is Over, Let’s Fix the Country’s Debt Woes
The Hill | November 14, 2012 The election is over, the ballots have been counted and the TV commercials approved by the various candidates are...