Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) describes itself as a "policy organization ... working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals." Based in Washington, D.C., CBPP was founded in 1981 by Robert Greenstein, who continues to serve as executive director.

Since 1993, CBPP has worked to build capacity for state budget and policy analysis through its State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI), a network of independent state level organizations; as of 2006, SFAI had 29 members. CBPP established the International Budget Project in 1997 to help organizations in new democracies (such as former Soviet republics) and developing countries conduct budget analysis aimed at making these countries’ budget systems more open and responsive.

Contents 1 Criticisms 2 Notes 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Criticisms

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has been criticized for producing misleading and left-wing studies.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Why the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Is Wrong about the Cost of Bush's Tax Plan The Heritage Foundation, February 16, 2001
2. ^ An Analysis of Misleading Attacks on Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights Tax Foundation, March 25, 2005
3. ^ Analysis of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' Criticism of Tax Freedom Day and State-Local Tax Burdens Tax Foundation, March 30, 2006
4. ^ A "Nonpartisan" Report, My Assets! Citizens for Limited Taxation & Government, May 22, 2000
5. ^ Income Distribution National Center for Policy Analysis, August 10, 1999

[edit] See also

• Brookings Institution
• Heritage Foundation
• Tax Foundation
• Urban Institute

[edit] External links

• Homepage
• Devolution
• State Fiscal Analysis Initiative
• International Budget Project

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