Social Security
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Reps. McCrery and Pomeroy Launch SSDI Solutions Initiative
Former Congressmen Jim McCrery (R-LA) and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) today launched the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative, a bipartisan effort to...
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General Revenue & the Social Security Trust Funds
Social Security is often portrayed in one of two ways, either as its own self-contained program (the “trust fund perspective”) or as part of the...
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Event Recap: "Can Simpson-Bowles Save Social Security?"
On August 15, PublicSquare.net hosted a debate on Social Security featuring CRFB's very own Ed Lorenzen. The event, titled "Can Simpson-Bowles Save...
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On Social Security’s 79th Birthday, CRFB Releases Updated "Social Security Reformer"
It was on this day 79 years ago that President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act of 1935. While lawmakers have expanded the...
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CRFB's MacGuineas Dispels Five Social Security Myths
In an op-ed that appeared in several papers, including the Providence Journal, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas dispelled five myths about Social...
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Updating the Cost of Delay for Social Security
Click here to read the original paper on the cost of delay for Social Security. Click here to see an updated version of this analysis for 2015. The...
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Same Sex Marriage Won’t Alter Social Security Predictions Much
In the recent Social Security Trustees report, the issue of same sex marriage made a surprising appearance. Without calling much attention to it, the...
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Rep. Larson Proposes Social Security Reform
Rep. John Larson (D-CT) earlier in the summer unveiled his plan to reform Social Security, a plan that has now been evaluated by the Social Security...
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Concord Coalition Calls for Social Security Reform
As we have discussed numerous times, the Social Security program is on an unsustainable path, and its combined trust fund will be depleted within the...
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How the Trustees and CBO Differ on Social Security
The release of the Social Security Trustees Report just two weeks after CBO released its long-term outlook gives us a good opportunity to compare how...
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Changes to Note in the Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security Trustees Report showed a largely similar outlook compared to the report last year, though it was slightly worse. Trust fund...
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Drivers of the Debt: Aging in the Medium Term, Health Costs Over the Long Term
The recent CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook confirmed that our long-term debt problems remain far from solved, with debt projected to exceed the size of...