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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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The Story of Supplementals Since 2000
The use of supplemental appropriations got some press last month as the Obama Administration requested $4.3 billion to address the Central American...
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Maya MacGuineas: The Long-Term Answer to Inversions? Tax Reform.
Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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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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How to Get a Balanced Budget in Ten Years
In a New York Times article describing Republican plans if they re-take Congress next year, reporter Carl Hulse cited CRFB, saying that "balancing the...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas August 12 2014
Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote an op-ed distributed via McCatchy wire service that appeared in...
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Reports Question Effectiveness of New Markets Tax Credit
Both the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Senator Tom Coburn's (R-OK) office have released new reports on a tax credit that rewards banks...
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2014 Medicare Spending Growth Picking Up But Still Low
CBO's July Monthly Budget Review brings us ten months into the fiscal year, and it's time to update our tracking of the slow growth of Medicare so far...
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Fiscal Speed Bumps Will Force Action Later This Year
Before leaving town for August recess, Congress passed additional VA funding and a short-term patch to the Highway Trust Fund. However, more deadlines...
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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...