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Social Security's 82nd Birthday
Read moreToday, the Social Security program turns 82 years old. Social Security helps millions of Americans, and the program has a lot to celebrate. But the...
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Maya MacGuineas: President Trump’s Logic on Social Security is Backwards
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Analysis of the 2017 Social Security Trustees Report
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees today released their annual reports on the financial status of the two programs. The projections show that...
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Social Security and Medicare Continue Steadily Down the Road to Insolvency
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today showing that both programs continue steadily down...
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Marc Goldwein: 'Big 3' Burden: Entitlement Costs Simply Untenable
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Commitee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Trump Budget Includes Meaningful SSDI Reforms
Read morePresident Trump has been disappointingly reluctant to propose any changes to improve the solvency of Social Security's retirement program, but his...
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Johnson and Larson Show Two Ways to Fix Social Security
Read moreYesterday, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT) introduced a Social Security reform bill. About four...
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CBO Releases Additional Details on Social Security Projections
Read moreCBO's annual report on its long-term projections for Social Security continues to show a major shortfall for the program, even larger than the one...
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The Greenspan Commission at 35: Time for Another Commission?
Read moreDecember 16 marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the National Commission on Social Security Reform – or the Greenspan Commission – which...
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Johnson Introduces Social Security Solvency Legislation
Read moreChairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security introduced a bill yesterday to make Social Security sustainably...
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A Bipartisan Social Security Commission
Read moreIn 1981, the Social Security trust funds were nearly empty and President Ronald Reagan and Congressional leaders in both parties appointed the...
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CRFB Encouraged by Chairman Johnson's Social Security Solvency Plan
Read moreRep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, released a comprehensive plan today to ensure Social Security...