Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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Op-Ed: It's Time for a Fiscal Turnaround Plan
CNN Money | February 14, 2011 President Obama is right when he says that public investments need to be a central part of the nation's economic growth...
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Op-Ed: No More Excuses on Debt, Mr. Obama
CNN Money | February 8, 2011 Anyone looking for serious fiscal leadership from President Obama in his State of the Union Address could have been...
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CRFB Analysis of CBO’s January 2011 Baseline
CBO now projects the 2011 deficit to reach a record-breaking $1.5 trillion, and increased its deficit projections over the 2011-2020 period by $1.4...
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Op-Ed: Time for Obama to Get Bold on the Debt
CNN Money | January 24, 2011 Big speech, tonight, sir. I have a plea: Focus on large and specific proposals to truly fix the budget. Please. First...
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Op-Ed: National debt: The ugly facts
CNN Money | January 17, 2011 The facts are ugly. The federal debt, which has averaged less than 40% of the total economy, now represents more than 60%...
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Op-Ed: Why GOP Agenda Could Make Things Worse
CNN Money | January 10, 2011 Commentary: Maya MacGuineas is the director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Foundation. There's a new...
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Op-Ed: Tax Plan: Get Ready for a Big Debt Hangover
CNN Money | December 13, 2010 What happened!? Just two weeks ago we were celebrating the willingness of the political class -- or at least an...