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Orszage on Washington Journal 12/07/07

I was one of the callers on this date, and my question to Mr. Orszage was "Is'nt all this budgeting of money discussion moot when we have the current administation looting the treasury?" His reaction was like a deer caught in the headlights. Stunned for words he said something like "We'll just put that in the cup." and dismissed the question. What kind of answer is that for a person who's there to respond to questions? Oh, I forgot he is an appointee.(69.133.46.183 (talk) 15:14, 10 December 2007 (UTC))[reply]

The link from Donald Marron in this article goes to the wrong Donald Marron. Donald Marron Sr. ran PaineWebber. It's his son, also named Donald Marron, who ran CBO. Someone who has better Wikipedia skills than I do should correct this, and set up a disambiguation for these two Donald Marrons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crfl-rdr (talk • contribs) 21:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Categorisation rejection

To define CBO: according to its article it "is a government agency that provides economic data (to Congress)", and the "CBO was created as an independent nonpartisan agency...".
There seems to be a difference in perception as to what you (User:Arthur Rubin) and I consider to be an "institute" ([1]). You specifically point out the term "institute" as the cause of your objection to the "Category:Economic research institutes".
The article "Institute" does not specifically exclude US-government related organisations. Further text in the article Institute is rather vague about defining the term, with terms as: Often it is..., In some counties it is... and, therefore, allows for ample interpretation, and inclusion of articles about organisations with a similar purpose.
The first sentence in the Institute-article states: "An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose."' Following that the CBO is an institute.
In the article Organization one finds that it refers, among others, to "...state authorities" when referring to a functional organisation. Again, the CBO fits that bill.
The Category:Economic_research_institutes contains various items relating to different countries that carry the name "institute", and of which some are government related. The category has not clearly defined the term "institute" so as to allow certain entries or disallow others. Instead it seems to concentrate on the terms "economic" and "research" as the deciding factors for addition to this category. The latter two terms were also my criteria for categorisation CBO.
Considering these findings do I find your objection to the categorisation rather arbitrary. In order to clear this up I would like to ask you, User:Arthur Rubin, to clarify your rejection of the categorisation. --VanBurenen (talk) 14:03, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that there are a number of government agencies in the category, so I suppose CBO belongs, also. It doesn't make any sense to me, but the appropriate venue for discussion is Category talk:Institutes, where no one will ever see it. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 17:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yearly Cost of U.S. Congt\ress

Dear Sir: I have always been curious about the cost to operate the U.S. Congress for a period of one year. This would include all costs associated with the operation of the U.S. Congress, i.e. office costs, salaries, staff costs, mailing allowances, transportation costs, housing allowances etc. I believe, as a U.S. Citizen I am entitled to better understand the true cost of government.

Sincerely, [personal info redacted] 24.178.182.159 (talk) 23:29, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See United States federal budget or ask more specific questions at WP:RDH. 75.57.242.120 (talk) 19:56, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to see more content on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lescast (talk • contribs) 15:51, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025

CBO expects that the deficit this year will be $426 billion––$60 billion less than projected in March. The economy is expected to expand modestly this year, at a solid pace in 2016 and 2017, and at a more moderate pace in subsequent years.

Lescast (talk) 15:08, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ARTICLE EVALUATION - Congressional Budget Office

I have a few suggestions for the Congressional Budget Office page. I believe the history section needs a bit more substance. I also noticed that the Annual Budget is outdated, the current figure is from FY2011. The current Divisions section is greatly laid out. I would like to see a chart reflecting the CBO's budget over the last 10 years, to see how it has changed over the last decade.

Lescast (talk) 15:16, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]