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Offsetting the Jobs Bill
Yesterday, the President offered a plan for how he would pay for his $447 billion jobs proposal. The pay-fors would come entirely from revenues...
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CBO Releases Social Security Projections
CBO's latest Social Security projections bring no surprises to anyone familiar with the state of the program's finances. CBO projects the program to...
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‘Line’ Items: Goals Edition
Clutch Goals -- The U.S. Women’s Soccer team scored an improbable victory over Brazil on Sunday in the Women’s World Cup, overcoming a scoring and...
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The Facts on the Chained CPI
Coverage of the so-called "chained CPI" has been heating up recently, due to rumors that it might be included in the latest round of debt negotiations...
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Health Care Versus Aging
As we explained in our recent analysis of CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, the debt is on an unsustainable path. Only a decade from now, under their...
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‘Line’ Items: Golf Edition
Time ‘Fore’ Action – Golf, that favorite pastime of power players, was even more popular than usual in Washington last week. Not only did the U.S...
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The Wall Street Journal's Social Security Tool
It seems that interactive tools are definitely in vogue. We'd like to say we started the trend with the Stabilize the Debt simulator, and we have...
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Sen. Hutchison Unveils Social Security Plan
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison unveiled her Social Security reform plan today, and conveniently, it already has its own score from the Office of the Chief...
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Between the ‘Line’s: Speeches, Meetings, Anniversaries, and Letters Galore
Pawlenty of Ideas – GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty gave a speech in Chicago on Tuesday where he laid out his fiscal and economic policy...
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It Depends on What You Mean by 'Almost as Large'
It seems like we are having Social Security deja vu. Just a couple weeks ago, we basically repeated our response from last September to those who...
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Trustees Report Strengthens Case for Retirement Age Increase
Last week, several bloggers, commentators, and columnists went after Al Simpson for talking about increases in life expectancy at birth (since this...
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‘Line’ Items: Playoffs Edition
Crunch Time – The playoffs are well underway in the NBA and NHL. A playoff atmosphere is also brewing in Washington even though the home teams are not...