Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Op-Ed: Fixing the Federal Debt Demands a Comprehensive Approach
Arizona Capitol Times | June 10, 2013 Our federal budget is on a destructive and dangerous path. It is vital for our leaders to find a solution to our...
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Op-Ed: Reforming Social Security is Easy — But It Won't Be for Long
The Hill | June 4, 2014 The latest Social Security Trustees report, released last week, shows a program in peril. Within three years, the Social...
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Report: Analysis of the 2013 Social Security Trustees' Report
The event "Challenges Facing Social Security," which featured CRFB's " The Reformer" tool, was held on June 4. Read a recap of the event here.
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Report: What We Expect From the Upcoming Fiscal Discussions
Note: The FY 2013 post-sequester numbers in Figure 1 have been corrected from the original version of this paper.
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