by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2017 | Blogs, Health Care
Back in 2015, I basically applauded the Congressional Budget Office for its analysis of what would happen if Obamacare was repealed. The agency’s number crunchers didn’t get it exactly right, but they actually took important steps and produced numbers showing how the...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I sometimes feel like a broken record about entitlement programs. How many times, after all, can I point out that America is on a path to become a decrepit European-style welfare state because of a combination of demographic changes and poorly designed entitlement...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
It’s not a big day for normal people, but today is exciting for fiscal policy wonks because the Congressional Budget Office has released its new 10-year forecast of how much revenue Uncle Sam will collect based on current law and how much the burden of government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 12, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
The Congressional Budget Office has just released the 2016 version of its Long-Term Budget Outlook. It’s filled with all sorts of interesting data if you’re a budget wonk (and a bit of sloppy analysis if you’re an economist). If you’re a normal person and don’t want...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The Congressional Budget Office has just released its new 10-year fiscal forecast and the numbers are getting worse. Most people are focusing on the fact that the deficit is rising rather than falling and that annual government borrowing will again climb above $1...
