Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Op-Ed: Now or Never on Debt Issue
The Hill | September 9, 2013 After an August in the countryside or their states or somewhere around the world or Martha’s Vineyard, the president and...
Op-Ed: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
The Hill | September 6, 2013 The last real government shutdowns occurred in the winter of 1995. Two funding gaps that winter resulted in a total of 26...
Report: Social Security Reform and the Cost of Delay
Update 8/11/15: We've updated this report with the new data available in the 2015 Trustees report in our blog .
Op-Ed: Neither The President Nor Congress Earned A Vacation This Summer
Forbes | August 21, 2013 Congress has left for its summer recess vacation at home. The President took his at Martha’s Vineyard. Based on legislative...
Op-Ed: Credible Debt Plan Would Boost the US Economy
Financial Times | July 23, 2013 Sir, Edward Luce says that “Simpson and Bowles are wrong about the US debt” (July 15) but he gets it wrong describing...
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...