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Op-Ed: The Tax Code Is A Hopeless, Complex, Economy-Suffocating Mess
Read moreBrookings | April 4, 2013 Throughout our population, experts and non-experts alike, the verdict is nearly unanimous. The U.S. tax code is a hopelessly...
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Biennial Budgeting Picks Up Steam in Congress
Read moreAs reported in The Hill over the weekend, a proposed change to the United States’ yearly budgetary process is gaining steam in the Senate. An...
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Line Items: Game of Thrones Returns Edition
Read moreIt’s Back – The long wait finally ended on Sunday as the HBO hit series "Game of Thrones" debuted its third season, gratifying those who have longed...
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Poll: Americans Favor Compromise on the Budget
Read moreOver the last few weeks, we've seen several different budget proposals emerge from the Senate and the House, and President Obama is expected to...
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Medicare Advantage Payment Increase Explained
Read moreIn a surprising move yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a reversal in their previous plans to cut payments to...
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More Ways to Reform the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
Read moreThe recent NPR segment from Chana Joffe-Walt on the disability insurance program has certainly started a conversation. The Washington Post 's Wonkblog...
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MY VIEW: Ed Lorenzen April 2013
Read moreToday, Moment of Truth Project Director Ed Lorenzen published an op-ed responding to a recent piece from Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times...
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Op-Ed: Why 'Chained CPI' Works for Social Security
Read moreLos Angeles Times | April 2, 2013 In his March 22 blog post criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to...
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Mankiw Agrees on the Target for Deficit Reduction
Read moreFormer Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and Harvard Professor Greg Mankiw explains how a sustainable budget would affect debt levels in a...
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MY VIEW: Pete Peterson
Read moreIn today's Politico, CRFB board member and former Secretary of Commerce Pete Peterson calls for a long-term solution to our national debt, which...
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NYT Gets It Wrong on the Chained CPI
Read moreThe New York Times has an editorial criticizing switching to the chained CPI for Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). Recall that the...
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Op-Ed: A Fiscal Deal or a Fiscal Crisis?
Read morePolitico | April 1, 2013 Now that Congress and the president have agreed to fund the government for the rest of this fiscal year — removing the threat...