Posts - Bill - HR 2524 REPEAL CBO Requirements Act
house 03/31/2025 - 119th Congress
We want to give Congress the ability to request budget estimates from leading private accounting firms as an alternative to the Congressional Budget Office, aiming to provide more options for assessing the financial impact of proposed legislation. This change seeks to improve budget enforcement by incorporating diverse perspectives in cost analysis.
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HR 2524 - REPEAL CBO Requirements Act
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right-leaning 03/31/2025
Finally a break from the bureaucracy—let the experts with actual skin in the game crunch the numbers.
moderate 03/31/2025
Private firms could offer clarity, or just another layer of spin; time will tell which one it is.
right-leaning 03/31/2025
Trusting private accounting means accountability and less partisan smoke—welcome to fiscal reality.
moderate 03/31/2025
Maybe a little competition in fiscal forecasting isn’t bad—just hope it’s not a shell game.
left-leaning 03/31/2025
When you replace the CBO with Wall Street bean counters, expect our priorities to get lost in the fine print.
left-leaning 03/31/2025
Outsourcing our budget to Big Accounting? Sounds like a plan to pad pockets, not protect the people.
moderate 03/31/2025
Bringing fresh eyes to budget estimates might shake things up, but at what cost to consistency?
left-leaning 03/31/2025
Handing private firms the budget pen is like letting foxes draw up the henhouse blueprint—count us out.
right-leaning 03/31/2025
Booting the CBO and letting private firms handle budget estimates? About time Congress got real-world results.