Taxpayer Watchdog Criticizes White House for Attacking the Non-Partisan Congressional Budget Office

For Immediate Release                                                                                              Contact: Courtney Mattison       (202-535-7492)

November 16, 2021                                                                                                                   

Washington, D.C. – The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) slammed the White House for undermining the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) as it prepares to release its fiscal score of the multi-trillion dollar social spending bill. The administration is damaging the reputation and work of the non-partisan CBO by claiming its analysts are inexperienced.

In response, TPA President David Williams offered the following statement:

“The administration’s pre-emptive criticism of the CBO is shameful and establishes a really bad precedent. This unprovoked criticism is a sign that the ‘Build Back Better’ Act will not pay for itself and will exacerbate the government’s disastrous spending habits. In fact, despite Congress and the administration marketing the bill as a $1.8 trillion package, analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget shows that it could cost upwards of $4 trillion if temporary provisions are made permanent, as many of its proponents have called for.

“With the nation experiencing historically high deficits, runaway inflation, and consistently disappointing job numbers, the rush to force this bill through is grossly irresponsible. Policy makers have no idea what kind of impact such a sweeping package will have yet. Undermining the CBO and holding a vote before the CBO has fully scored the package would be a nakedly partisan move designed to advance the best interests of career politicians, instead of the fiscal health of the nation.”

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Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public through the research, analysis and dissemination of information on the government’s effects on the economy.