Reports by Kris Cox
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The Long-Term Fiscal Outlook Is Bleak
December 16, 2008
This report updates the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ projections of federal spending, revenues, deficits, and debt through 2050. These projections — like the projections the Center issued in January 2007 and the projections by other institutions such as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Government Accountability … -
Administration's Budget Does Not Reflect Administration Policies
March 5, 2008
Administration’s fiscal year 2009 budget released on February 4 did not fully reflect the Bush Administration’s policies. While claiming to reach a surplus of $48 billion by 2012, the budget projections omitted the costs of two policies central to the Administration. The Administration says it is committed … -
Bush Budget Would Cut Domestic Discretionary Programs by $20 Billion In 2009
February 20, 2008
The President’s 2009 budget would provide some $20.5 billion [1] less for domestic discretionary programs outside of homeland security — a broad category of programs that includes everything from child care to environmental protection to medical research — than the 2008 level, adjusted for inflation.[2] The … -
Principles for Fiscal Stimulus Economic Policy in a Weakening Economy
Revised January 11, 2008
The weak December jobs report that the Labor Department issued January 4 is the latest evidence the economy has weakened significantly and is now growing quite slowly. A number of economists continue to believe this slow growth will continue into 2008, but that the economy will avoid slipping into a recession.[1] Some …
