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Immigrant Population—2013 Update

Econintersect: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its June 2011 report on the description of the immigrant population. CBO updated 15 of the 20 exhibits contained in that report and added one new exhibit, and five of the updated exhibits… more »

How Elderly Costs Vary From the General Population

April 22nd, 2013
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[Editor's Note: This was posted on the Congressional Budget Website, and adds to the discussion at Econintersect over methods of inflation adjustments to Social Security]by David Brauer & Noah Meyerson, Congressional Budget Office As discussed in… more »

Snapshots of New Mortgages and Highway Trust Fund Show Surprises

March 17th, 2013
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Econintersect: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provided thumbnail views of two government programs this past week:Starting in 2015, the highway account of the Highway Trust Fund will have insufficient revenues to meet its obligations, resultin… more »

Does the USA Need an Energy Trust?

March 16th, 2013
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Econintersect: The White House has been spamming email boxes to push President Obama's objective of establishing an Energy Security Trust. How we shift America off oil - America's auto industry is in the midst of a change for the better. Right now… more »

A Look at Federal Grants to State and Local Governments

March 11th, 2013
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Editor's Note: This is another installment in our endeavor for readers to understand the components of the Federal Budget.  Grants to States and local goverments comprise 17% of the Federal Budget - all as shown in this Congression Budget Office study.… more »

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