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Marc Goldwein: Social Security Disability System Is Broken
CRFB's Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein has a message to policymakers in an op-ed in The Hill: don't overlook the disability insurance (DI)...
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Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm: Congress Cannot Afford to Punt on Social Security
Today, two of CRFB's co-chairman, former Representatives Charlie Stenholm (D-TX) and Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), penned an op-ed in The Hill, saying that the...
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CRFB Co-Chairman Bill Frenzel Calls for Debt Debate
Bill Frenzel, CRFB co-chairman and former ranking member on the House Budget Committee, made a convincing case for a Presidential debate on specific...
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Maya MacGuineas: Place Priority on Fiscal Responsibility
In an op-ed in The Roanoke Times, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas calls for policymakers and citizens to put fiscal responsibility at the forefront of...
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MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein and Jason Peuquet
Today is Tax Day and Financial Literacy Day, and just as we examine our own finances, our federal government should do the same. In The Hill, CRFB's...
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MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle April 2012
In the latest post in his ongoing "The Government We Deserve" series, CRFB board member Eugene Steuerle stated that regardless of how the Supreme...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles March 30 2012
Despite all the political gridlock and other developments that have people worried about our fiscal future, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles March 23 2012
In a blog post entitled "Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good" on the Committee for Economic Development's new blog Back in the Black...
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David Walker: Presidential Candidates’ Budget Plans Not Feasible
In an op-ed in Roll Call, David Walker lamented the lack of a "feasible" debt plan among the Presidential candidates, including President Obama. While...
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Tim Penny: Presidential Candidates Must Address our Debt
Note: This op-ed was originally published in The Hill. After a year in which the country was on the verge of declaring bankruptcy and the federal...
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Rudolph Penner: Can Tax Reform Save the U.S. Economy?
Were it not for the growth in spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, the United States wouldn't have much of a budget problem. The two...
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Rudolph Penner: Controlling the Deficit--The Debate Continues
CRFB board member Rudolph Penner recently co-authored a paper that is essentially a retrospective on the 2011 deficit debate. He and Urban Institute...