Sep 28, 2012 | Taxes
Going Beyond Tax Expenditures
When we talk about tax reform which lowers the rate and broadens the base, the base-broadening portion of the equation usally focuses on tax...
Blog | September 2012
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Third Way: Both Revenue Increases and Spending Cuts Are Needed
Two new Third Way papers by David Brown, Gabe Horwitz, David Kendall together present an arguement that we have been making for a while now—...
Sep 28, 2012 | Budgets & Projections
Millennials Weigh in on Simpson-Bowles
Fix the Debt co-founders and Fiscal Commission co-chairs Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles have been busy traveling around the country speaking with...
Sep 27, 2012 | Taxes
Event Recap: The Challenge of Pro-Growth Tax Reform
Today, the third forum of the "Strengthening of America—Our Children's Future" series was held in New York City on "The...
Sep 27, 2012 | Taxes
CRS: Carbon Tax Would Take a Chunk Out of the Deficit
Efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions have fallen out of favor since the attempted passage of a cap-and-trade program in 2009 and 2010. Still, the...
Sep 27, 2012 | Taxes
How Does Our Corporate Code Compare to Other Countries?
In our newest paper, "Reforming the Corporate Tax Code," CRFB makes the case for why the U.S. needs to reform the corporate tax code,...
Sep 26, 2012 | Taxes
Design Your Own Corporate Tax Plan!
If you've ever wanted to design your own corporate tax reform, now you can with our new Interactive Tax Reform Calculator.
There is no question...
Sep 26, 2012 | Budgets & Projections
Only One Week Left Until the Presidential Debates
The first presidential debate is now only one week away on October 3 at the University of Denver. With much of the first debate focusing on the...
Sep 26, 2012 | Budgets & Projections
Geithner Calls for a "Go Smart" Approach
In an interview with Charlie Rose at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner endorsed a "Go Smart...
Armed Services Committee Senators Call For a Deal
Yesterday, a group of six senators from both parties signed a letter to Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...