Sep 22, 2016 | Taxes
Clinton Proposes New Taxes to Offset New Proposals
In recent weeks, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed a series of new tax breaks for small businesses and for parents in...
Blog | September 2016
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.
Sep 21, 2016 | Budget Process
Gene Steuerle & Rudolph Penner: Restoring More Discretion to the Federal Budget
Dr. C. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and Dr. Rudolph G. Penner is an Institute...
Getting Real About Paying For Trump's Tax Plan
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced significant revisions to his tax plan that would reduce its cost by about half, a change...
Sep 15, 2016 | Other Spending
Explaining Donald Trump's Penny Plan for Non-Defense Spending
Much of the attention in Thursday's remarks by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has focused on his revised tax plan, but another...
Sep 14, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Mitch Daniels: Washington’s Wake-Up Call
Mitch Daniels is the president of Purdue University, a former governor of Indiana, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and a co...
Expanding Medical Deduction Would Add to Debt
Congress is at it again - proposing to extend tax breaks without paying for them, and add new ones in the process. Today, the House voted to expand...
Sep 12, 2016 | Budget Process
Judd Gregg: Fixing the Budget
Judd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking member...
Sep 9, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Three CRFB and Fix the Debt Board Members Testify Before Congress
On September 8, three CRFB and Fix the Debt board members – Mitch Daniels, Judd Gregg, and Alice Rivlin – testified before the Joint...
Sep 7, 2016 | Other Spending
How Much Would Trump's New Defense Plan Cost?
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump introduced a proposal today to increase defense spending and rebuild the military. Specifically, his...
Interest Rates Drive Changes in CBO's Latest Outlook
By far the biggest revision to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) latest ten-year budget projections are the lower projected interest...