Advancing Fiscal Solutions
America’s fiscal challenges are serious, but they are solvable.
We support and produce a wide range of unbiased, substantive research and data, helping policymakers, journalists and the public develop a fuller understanding of our fiscal and economic outlook — and illuminating a way forward.
Many Solutions Exist
Solutions Initiative
The Solutions Initiative brings together leading policy organizations from across the political spectrum to develop comprehensive plans to put America on a stronger, more sustainable fiscal path.
Highlights From Our Grantees & Partners
Budget Offsets Bank
To help policymakers put us on a more sustainable fiscal path, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget maintains a list of policy options to reduce the deficit or use as offsets.
A Bigger, Easier Target For DOGE: Tax Expenditures
"Whether through broad reforms, narrow changes, or a combination of the two, tax expenditures present opportunities for the kinds of change DOGE leaders have been tasked with," William G. Gale writes for the Tax Policy Center.
Program Highlights
Further Reading
Debt vs. Deficits: What’s the Difference?
The words debt and deficit come up frequently in debates about policy decisions. The two concepts are similar, but are often confused.
How Do States Pay for Medicaid?
Medicaid’s role in state budgets is unique, since the program acts as both an expenditure and the largest source of federal support in state budgets.
Infographic: How the U.S. Tax System Works
One issue that most lawmakers and voters agree on is that our tax system needs reform.