Social Security
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Entitlement Reform Proposals Offered by BPC and AEI
Read moreThe Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC’s) Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings released its recommendations to improve retirement...
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Marc Goldwein: Alicia Munnell is wrong: Social Security needs a quick fix
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote an opinion piece...
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Social Security Cost Growth Should Be Slowed, Not Accelerated
Read moreIn a speech in Elkhart, Indiana on June 1, President Obama discussed retirement security, saying, "We can’t afford to weaken Social Security. We...
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Jim McCrery and Earl Pomeroy: It's time for action on Social Security disability insurance
Read moreThe Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides vital benefits to 11 million workers with disabilities and their families, but much...
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Marc Goldwein: Candidates, Stop Perpetuating Social Security Myths. Start Offering Solutions.
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a guest post that...
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Nine Social Security Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
Read moreSocial Security is a vital program for tens of millions of seniors, dependents, and workers with disabilities, and it has been a hot topic of...
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Event Recap: McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative Recommendations Release
Read moreOn Wednesday, April 6, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative released its final recommendations and book of policy proposals dedicated to...
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Blahous Tells it Like it is with Social Security
Read moreVoters say they want a candidate that “tells them like it is,” but as Social Security Trustee Charles Blahous describes, that may mean facing...
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Maya MacGuineas: How House Republicans Could Attract Bipartisan Support on Entitlement Savings
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote a commentary that...
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Fact Sheet: How much waste, fraud, and abuse is there in Social Security?
Read more• The Social Security Trustees estimate that reducing benefits to restore solvency would require an immediate 16.4 percent benefit cut – the...