Committee for a
Responsible Federal Budget

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Visit CRFB.org

 

CRFB.org is the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's primary online home, featuring CRFB's latest policy papers, press releases, and the Bottom Line blog.

 

 

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CRFB President on Bloomberg

Maya MacGuineas was a recent guest on Bloomberg TV, discussing the economy and the President's upcoming jobs speech. Bloomberg also featured a great graphic showing debt projections under CRFB's Realistic Baseline.

 

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Mid-Session Review

This week OMB released its Mid-Session Review, showing the Administration's latest economic projections. CRFB reacted in a press release and stated that while it shows improvement, projected debt levels rely on a lot of savings not yet in place -- and even then it's still too high.

 

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CBO's August 2011 Baseline

CBO's updated economic and budget projections show for the first time in many years a declining debt path under current law. These projections are optimistic, however, and CRFB's Updated Realistic Baseline shows debt continuing to grow over the decade.

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Deficit Reduction Plan Comparison Tool

Check out CRFB's new Deficit Reduction Plan Comparison Tool that provides side-by-side comparisons of the many comprehensive deficit reduction plans that have sprung up over the past several months.

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Stabilize The Debt

CRFB encourages you to check out our budget simulator: Stabilize the Debt!

It's no secret that America's finances are a mess. The problem of our mounting debt can't be solved overnight, but we need to start addressing it now. In this online simulator, visitors get to make the hard choices themselves in order to stabilize the debt at 60% of GDP by 2018.

Click here to begin the simulation.

Articles and Op-Eds

Drawing a AAA-Road Map for Post-Downgrade America
August 11 | The Atlantic
Marc Goldwein
S&P Rating: How to Get Back to AAA
August 08 | CNNMoney
Maya MacGuineas
With Downgrade, Now Can We Get Serious About Debt?
August 06 | CNN
Maya MacGuineas
Debt Deal: We Can, and Must, Do Better
August 02 | CNN
Maya MacGuineas
The Gang of Six Is Our Best Chance for a Debt Deal in this Congress
July 21 | The Atlantic
Marc Goldwein
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Events

The Debt Ceiling, Fiscal Plans, and Market Jitters
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 2:30pm | Washington
The Human Side of the Fiscal Crisis
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 8:30am | Washington
Moment of Truth Project Launch
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 2:00pm | Washington
Getting Specific: How to Fix the Budget
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 9:00am | Washington
Red Ink Rising
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 10:00am | Washington
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Staff

Chris Dreibelbis
Chris Dreibelbis
Outreach and Public Liaison, Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget...

Chris Dreibelbis is the Outreach and Public Liaison for the Peterson-Pew...

Marc Goldwein
Marc Goldwein
Policy Director, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget;...

Marc Goldwein is the Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible...

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Maya MacGuineas
President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; Director...

As President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which is...

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Conor McKay
Program Coordinator, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

As Program Coordinator at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget,...

Demian Moore
Demian Moore
Senior Policy Analyst, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Demian Moore is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Peterson-Pew Commission on...

Nicole Overley
Nicole Overley
Research Associate, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Nicole Overley is a Research Associate for the Committee for a Responsible...

Jason Peuquet
Jason Peuquet
Policy Analyst, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and...

As Policy Analyst for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the...

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Kingsley Trotter
Program Associate, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Kingsley Trotter is a Program Associate for the Committee for a Responsible...
Todd Zubatkin
Todd Zubatkin
Policy Analyst, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

As a Policy Analyst for the Committee for the Responsible Federal Budget,...

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