- CBO: Carbon tax chops $1 trillion from deficit. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) floated 103 ways to help cut the deficit Wednesday, and one option takes out a much bigger bite than any other: A carbon tax. http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/190167-cbo-carbon-tax-chops-1-trillion-from-deficit 30 comments politics
- Congressional Budget Office: Public option for health insurance exchanges would lower premiums 7% - 8%, reduce exchange subsidies by an estimated $39B and reduced federal budget by an estimated $158B through 2023 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b1yikj-knhshx1flyui1a3ploeu/edit?usp=sharing 14 comments politics
- Tax Cuts May Prove Better for Politicians Than for Economy. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office analyzed the short-term effects of 11 policy options and found that extending the tax cuts would be the least effective way to spur the economy and reduce unemployment. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/business/economy/11tax.html 3 comments politics
- "In the bill's most controversial provision, the government would sell insurance, although the Congressional Budget Office forecasts that premiums for it would be more expensive than for policies sold by private companies." So exactly what is the point of the public option? http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091108/d9brebkg1.html 12 comments politics
- Congressional Budget Office: Obama's public option plan will cost $1 trillion over the next decade while only insuring 16 million of the current 47 million unisured. http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=293&a 7 comments politics