Maya MacGuineas: No budget. On the brink of default. It's a hell of a way to run a country.
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
Blog | July 2019
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.
Jul 12, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
CBO's Long-Term Debt Outlook Improved Slightly from Last Year, Here's Why
In its latest Long-Term Budget Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects debt held by the public will rise from over 78 percent of...
Jul 10, 2019 | Taxes
Are There $1.6 Trillion in Tax Loopholes?
Former Vice President and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden told the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Convention on June 28 that the tax code contains $1.6...
Jul 10, 2019 | Other Spending
New Pension Bill Adds Too Much to the Debt
The House Ways and Means Committee is considering pension reform legislation that CBO estimates will add $64 billion to deficits over the...
Jul 1, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Gene Steuerle: Alice Rivlin: The George Washington of the Congressional Budget Office
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fisher chair at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a...
Jul 1, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Saving Social Security and Medicare Could Help Fix the Debt
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Long-Term Budget Outlook shows debt rising continuously as a share of the economy over the next 30 years and...