Social Security
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road
We at CRFB believe in the Wizard of Oz theory of deficit reduction. Passing the right package of spending cuts and tax increases requires a brain – so...
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Aging and Entitlements
The U.S. Census Bureau came out with with a report this month on aging in the United States. Not to anyone's surprise, the report found that between...
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Estimates of the Wyden-Gregg Tax Reform Bill
A few months back, we discussed a comprehensive proposal by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Judd Gregg (R-NH), the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and...
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Pearlstein Comes Out with His Own Fiscal Plan
Today in the Washington Post, Steven Pearlstein took the " Deficit Challenge", proposing his own plan on how to reduce future deficits through a...
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CAP Takes the Spending Challenge
The Center for American Progress recently discussed what it would take to meet the President's fiscal goal of a primary balance in 2015, or finding...
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‘Line’ Items: Opening Day Edition
If they Don’t Win It’s the Same – Opening Day presaged much of the same for Washington as the home team was clobbered. The White House hopes that the...
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CRFB Launches A Featured Charts Page!
CRFB would like to introduce our " Featured Charts" page where we will highlight important fiscal, economic, health care, and entitlement projection...
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‘Line’ Items: Hoops, Blossoms and Canaries
Health Care Makes it Through the Final Hoops – Congress completed work last week on the reconciliation package, which included fixes to the health...
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Are Social Security Surpluses Gone for Good?
Along with their analysis of the President's Budget, on Friday, CBO updated its Social Security projections. And as it turns out, the surpluses are...
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What Will the Budget Look Like in 2020?
In our Analysis of the President's FY 2011 Budget, we discussed that, if the President's proposals were enacted, spending would grow to $5.7 trillion...
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How Refreshing to Have a Plan with…Brace Yourself…Details!
Congressman Paul Ryan’s Roadmap for America’s Future 2.0 is a standout accomplishment if for no other reason than that it deals with details. Imagine...
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Ryan Releases Roadmap
Earlier today, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan released his update Roadmap for America's Future (and a nifty Website to go with it). Under this...