Topic: Congressional Budget Office
When will journalists and other Democrats tell the truth about the tax cuts and the economy as a whole? August 7, 2019
Jack Hellner
Why do journalists and other Democrats continue to repeat that Trump's tax cuts are costing trillions and helping only the rich when those are obvious lies?
Bad news for Dems: Trump tax cuts have led to increased tax revenue July 12, 2018
Thomas Lifson
Nancy Pelosi assured us, "This thing will explode the deficit." Another reason to ignore Democrat predictions of doom for Trump policies (and SCOTUS nominees).
CBO confirms Dem minimum wage hike will cost at least half a million jobs February 19, 2014
Thomas Lifson
Democrats pushing ahead in an effort to distract the public from Obamacare, demonize Republicans as mean, pose as guardians of the poor
CBO Obamacare job loss worse than reported February 13, 2014
William Tate
A full reading of the CBO report shows that job loss could be even worse than previously reported.
Elitist lipstick on the CBO pig February 5, 2014
Thomas Lifson
A portent of the new utopia in which people find fulfillment in less work and more government subsidies and the fantasies of the sabbatical class.
Immigration, Race, and Social Conflict July 22, 2013
Steve McCann
A nation in an accelerated decline concomitant with an increasingly restless populace.
Employer mandate suspension to worsen deficit July 5, 2013
Thomas Lifson
A hopeless fiasco, a Pandora's Box of unintended consequences.
Owen's Already Owin' April 3, 2013
Lee DeCovnick
My niece just had her second child, a beautiful bundle of smiles and soft blond hair, Owen. Yet I harbored a deep, unspoken concern that this country has already set substantial obstacles in front of this innocent boy.
A budget system designed for deficits March 22, 2013
Jack T. Beavers
Our slide into senselessness began back in 1974 with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
CBO gives Obama's stimulus an F February 23, 2013
Dan Joppich
The final word on the Obama "Stimulus."
Media Matters Pushes Flawed Spending Study February 3, 2013
Kavon W. Nikrad
Media Matters is showing its preference for messaging over facts.
Congress, Baseline Budgeting, and Fraud October 19, 2012
Alex Gimarc
The budgetary process in Congress is badly broken and completely deceptive.