Social Security
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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...
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Four Fiscal FactChecks from the Past Month
Read moreAs the 2016 Presidential primary season rolls on, CRFB continues to fact check the candidates on budget-related statements made during the campaign on...
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Comparing the Major Republican Candidates on the Budget
Read moreIn preparation for upcoming Republican debates, we have put together a primer detailing the candidates’ positions on issues relating to the budget.
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Will Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Interest Take up 83% of Spending in Five Years?
Read moreDuring the February 25 Republican presidential debate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said: I want to go back to this question you asked about the debt. This...
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Would Reducing Fraud Make Social Security Solvent?
Read moreAt the 7th Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump stated that he would “save Social Security” by reducing its “tremendous waste, fraud, and...