Jan 31, 2013 | Budgets & Projections
Economists in Favor of Smart Deficit Reduction
A recent op-ed from Joe Scarborough in Politico has brought back attention to the stimulus vs. deficit reduction debate.Some commentators like Paul...
Blog | January 2013
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.
Jan 31, 2013 | Health Care
150 Ways to Reform Medicare
At nearly $500 billion a year, Medicare is the costliest piece of the federal health care budget. As we’ve discussed before, Medicare spending...
Jan 30, 2013 | Budgets & Projections
How Far We Have to Go on Deficit Reduction
In the past few weeks, we have made the case for putting debt on a downward path as a percent of GDP as a goal for the next round of deficit...
Bowles: National Debt Threatens U.S. Innovation
In an interview with Forbes contributor Henry Doss, former Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles explains just how our unsustainable debt...
Jan 29, 2013 | Budgets & Projections
Peterson Foundation Analyzes the Fiscal Cliff Deal
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation has released a new report on the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) and its effect on the long-term outlook,...
Jan 29, 2013 | Other Spending
New Proposal to Reform Federal Student Aid
In a report released today, the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program offers a proposal to overhaul the federal financial aid...
Jan 29, 2013 | Social Security
Line Items: Hockey Edition
Dropping the Puck – The NHL season is finally underway, and it only took the Washington Capitals five games to get a win. Things are similarly...
Jan 29, 2013
MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas & Thomas Rippon
Today in an op-ed in The Patriot News, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas and Pennsylvania Fix the Debt Co-chair Thomas Rippon call for bipartisan...
Jan 28, 2013
Washington Post on the Proper Target for Debt Reduction
A recent editorial from the Washington Post takes on the "new school of thought on deficits" that believes that we do not have to go too...
Jan 28, 2013 | Budget Process
Senator Murray Brings Citizens Into Budget Process
Today, Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) unveiled a new feature on her Committee's website called MyBudget, which allows...