Mar 26, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
CBO's Analysis of the President's FY 2010 Budget Blueprint
Last week, the CBO released its Preliminary Analysis of The President’s Budget, projecting a significantly worse fiscal situation than the...
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Mar 9, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
More on the President's FY 2010 Budget Blueprint
Although CRFB commends the President for having a specific fiscal goal and for honestly budgeting for expected costs, several items and trends in...
Feb 26, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
A First Look at the President's FY 2010 Budget Blueprint
Today, the White House released an outline of the FY2010 Budget. The President’s budget has a specific fiscal goal, accounts for policies...
Feb 18, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
Staff Working Paper #1: Budget Concepts
This paper looks at the 1967 President’s Commission on Budget Concepts and which concepts need to be re-visited by the Peterson-Pew Commission...
Analysis of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Today, the President signed the stimulus bill into law. The fiscal stimulus includes $501 billion in increased spending and $286 billion in tax...
Feb 11, 2009 | Economics
Comparing the Stimulus Packages
The House stimulus bill costs roughly $820 billion over ten years, while the Senate bill costs $838 billion. Most notably, the Senate version...
Nov 5, 2008
Who Bails Out the US Government?: No One. We Have to Avert the Need for that by Reprioritizing Now.
Christian Science Monitor | November 5, 2008
Washington - Just as homeowners and financial firms have been living beyond their means, so, too, has...