Must-Read: Richard Kogan: CBO Contradicts Itself — Long-Term Budget Picture Improving, Not Worsening

Must-Read: Richard Kogan: CBO Contradicts Itself — Long-Term Budget Picture Improving, Not Worsening: “The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) new report…

…on the budget picture opens by saying, “The long-term outlook for the federal budget has worsened dramatically over the past several years,” blaming the Great Recession and the steps taken to address it. But CBO’s own data, in that very report, show that’s not the case.