CRFB Says Trump Budget Based on ‘Rosy’ Assumptions

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

The Trump administration's fiscal 2021 budget proposal deserves credit for proposing debt reduction through measures such as requiring Social Security numbers to claim tax credits and increased tax enforcement, but it relies on “rosy economic growth estimates” and gimmicks, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said in a February 10 report.

<p>The Trump administration's fiscal 2021 budget proposal deserves credit for proposing debt reduction through measures such as requiring Social Security numbers to claim tax credits and increased tax enforcement, but it relies on “rosy economic growth estimates” and gimmicks, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said in a February 10 report.</p>

<p>The Trump administration's <a href="/lr/resolve//2c574">fiscal 2021 budget proposal</a> deserves credit for proposing debt reduction through measures such as requiring Social Security numbers to claim tax credits and increased tax enforcement, but it relies on “rosy economic growth estimates” and gimmicks, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said in a February 10 report.</p>

The Trump administration's fiscal 2021 budget proposal deserves credit for proposing debt reduction through measures such as requiring Social Security numbers to claim tax credits and increased tax enforcement, but it relies on “rosy economic growth estimates” and gimmicks, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said in a February 10 report.