Ezra Klein Archive: Budget

You can't cut the deficit without a bill that cuts the deficit

David Broder has a column today expressing skepticism that health-care reform will really cut the deficit. But he doesn't provide much evidence for the charge. The specific budget gimmick mentioned in the column is that Reid has delayed the subsidies...

The CBO puts $900 billion in perspective

At $900 billion over 10 years, health-care reform seems pretty expensive. In part, that's because people have a hard time breaking it down. If recent trends hold steady, the federal government will be spending about $4 trillion a year come...

A 5 percent chance of another Great Depression?

Brad Delong thinks so, and despite the improving economy, that estimate is up from a few months ago: For 2 1/4 years now I have been saying that there is no chance of a repeat of the Great Depression or...

Cutting the deficit

Peter Orszag lays out the administration's line on the short-term deficit: Of the $9 trillion in deficits projected over the coming decade, nearly $5 trillion comes as a result of failing to pay in the past for just two policies...

Medicare and Medicaid account for 80% of the entitlement problem

Page 11 from Doug Elmendorf's slides on “Aging and Health: The Challenges of Entitlement Growth."...

CBO: Don't trust the CBO

It comes right there on the second page of CBO director Doug Elmendorf's presentation on the the long-term fiscal threat. The slide is titled "three reasons that the fiscal challenge is especially acute," and the first is that "current policy...

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Doug Elmendorf calls out the American people, Ezra Klein , November 11, 2009

Budget context, Ezra Klein , November 2, 2009

How the CBO would estimate your grocery list, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009

What Does the Congressional Budget Office Do? An Interview With Doug Elmendorf., Ezra Klein , September 17, 2009

Obama's Secret Plan to Save Money on Missile Defense, Ezra Klein , September 17, 2009

Kent Conrad and the 'Annie Hall' Theory of Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009

More on the Deficit Double-Standard, Ezra Klein , September 4, 2009

Deficits and Democrats, Ezra Klein , September 4, 2009

The Coming Budget Battle, Ezra Klein , August 25, 2009

Three Ways to Look at the Budget Review, Ezra Klein , August 25, 2009

Fiscal Responsibility vs. Fiscal Conservatism, Ezra Klein , August 3, 2009

How to Think About the CBO, Ezra Klein , July 29, 2009

The Conditions for Cuts in Defense Spending, Ezra Klein , July 23, 2009

The Mid-Session Budget Review, Ezra Klein , July 22, 2009

There's No Such Thing as "Non-Defense Discretionary Spending", Ezra Klein , July 17, 2009

The Government's Rearview Driver, Ezra Klein , June 23, 2009

Paying, Going, Ezra Klein , June 11, 2009

Your Deficit in Charts, Ezra Klein , June 10, 2009

CBO Decides Against Crazy Ruling That Would Kill Health Reform, Ezra Klein , May 28, 2009

The Most Pernicious Phrase in Washington, Ezra Klein , May 21, 2009