New Report Shows Student Debt Cancellation is Regressive
Recently, Adam Looney, Executive Director of the Marriner S. Eccles Institute at the University of Utah and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Economic...
Blog | January 2022
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Jan 20, 2022 | Taxes
Policymakers Shouldn't Weaken Build Back Better Surtax
To help finance new spending and tax breaks, the House-passed Build Back Better Act (and the Senate Finance Committee’s version)...
Jan 13, 2022 | Health Care
Build Back Better Drug Reforms Would Lower Costs
The House-passed Build Back Better Act includes several reforms to reduce prescription drug costs for the federal government, seniors, and the public...
Jan 13, 2022
What Does Student Debt Cancellation Mean for Federal Finances?
We've previously estimated that cancelling all federal student debt would cost the same as the outstanding value of the loans, which is currently $1....
Jan 12, 2022 | Economics
2021 Inflation Totaled 6.7 Percent
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data for December 2021. Based on BLS’s data, we...
Jan 6, 2022 | Taxes
Addressing Tax Expenditures Could Raise Substantial Revenue
While the House and Senate each has put forth its own version of the Build Back Better Act reconciliation legislation, the offsets...
Jan 6, 2022 | Taxes
Build Your Own Child Tax Credit 2.0
As lawmakers continue to debate if and how to address the recently-expired Child Tax Credit (CTC) expansion from the American Rescue Plan, our newly-...
Student Debt Cancellation Resources Page
Overview
Student debt cancellation has gained attention in recent years as a policy proposal to address rising student debt levels in the United...