Budget Deficits The OMB (the White House agency with responsibility for the budget) pegged the upcoming budget deficit at $300b–this is basically a direct projection based on the fact that…
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Political centrism and journalism
…federal budget? There’s no one correct answer, but you wouldn’t know it from coverage of the budget deal between Senator Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan, which passed the Senate…
CRFB Analysis of the 2014 Trustees Report A reply by me a reply to me and agreement?
…nothing to do with “the budget.” In fact it would remove SS as a factor in the budget discussion entirely. I wait to see a “more efficient or effective way…
CBO Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025
CBO Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 Document link for Robert’s post. Lots of numbers here, including a new Jan 2015 Baseline for Social Security Just started poking at…
Jeb Bush discovers a hypothetical he’s willing to address—and assures us that he, unlike Obama, would have ensured a second Great Depression. Jeb for President!
…he didn’t have line-item veto power, but he could have brought budget discipline to Washington, D.C. That seems kind of quaint right now given the fact that after he left,…
My Extreme Opinions.
…working poor, the elderly, and the disabled. I think cash assistance to the non working able bodied poor is a tiny part of US government budgets especially the Federal Budget….
Ukraine Vs Russia: Lessons Learned
…one asks an organization if it needs a large budget or a small budget, it will report the need for a large budget. Almost all Western experts who assess threats…
Looking at the Trump 2017 Tax Breaks and Extension of them
…cost $125 billion, with the majority coming from the FDII deduction. Analysis of CBO’s May 2022 Budget and Economic Outlook, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (crfb.org) What is the…
SOCIAL SECURITY CRFB LETS CAT OUT OF THE BAG, NO ONE NOTICES
Dale Coberly talking about reforming entitlements and the impact on Social Security . . . CRFB, “The Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget”, is an organization dedicated to reducing the National…
Interesting Stuff from My In-Box,
…by a Chinese laboratory leak. White House plan calls for small boost in VA program budget, (militarytimes.com), Leo Shane. The Department of Veterans Affairs would see its lowest increase in program spending…
