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A Social Solution for Social Security
Last week’s report from the Social Security Trustees laid out the challenges facing the vital program. The largest federal program began running...
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Brookings Institution Comments on Tax Reform
As the topic of tax reform will be heating up this year, five analysts from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project have released a paper called...
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Different Approaches to the Simulator
David Lawder of Reuters has featured our recently updated budget simulator in an excellent piece about the challenges of cutting the debt. The...
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Marc Goldwein: Social Security Disability System Is Broken
CRFB's Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein has a message to policymakers in an op-ed in The Hill: don't overlook the disability insurance (DI)...
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Op-Ed: Social Security Disability System Is Broken
The Hill | May 1, 2012 Since the Social Security Trustees report was released last week, we’ve heard a lot about the year 2033. That’s the year when...
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Yes, Actually, We Should Pay for the Tax Cuts
An article in The Hill today notes that House Republicans do not plan to offer offsets for the extension of the 2001/2003 tax cuts that expire at the...
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Americans Have Their Say in Reducing the National Debt
The politicians don't seem to want to budge on the budget, but our simulator is allowing the public to nudge them along. The results from the...
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What Will Congress Do With the Tax Extenders?
Last week, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a review of "tax extenders" -- tax provisions that have been enacted...
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When It Comes to Deficit Reduction, Timing Matters
The news that Britain has entered into a double-dip recession touched off a fierce debate last week over the role of austerity in the country's...
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How Is the House Replacing the Sequester?
Update: CBO has posted scores for the Energy and Commerce and Oversight bills. They would save $113 billion and $83.3 billion, respectively, over ten...
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MacGuineas: Make Candidates Debate the Debt
Today, we are launching DebateTheDebt.org, a site where you can sign a petition calling for a real debate devoted to the debt. In that vein, CRFB...