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‘Line’ Items: Blossoms Edition
In Bloom – Spring is officially here, though the weather would have one think otherwise. Frigid temperatures and even a little snow in the Washington...
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"Meet the Generations": Generation X
Meet Kate, a fictitious 41 year old Generation X member. How will our leaders’ fiscal choices affect her life? In our fifth and final installment of...
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It's Time to Reform Social Security
There have been a number of pieces lately that have offered perspectives on how to view the recent debate surrounding the Social Security program. Is...
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MARKETWATCH: March 21-24, 2011
Safe haven worries that had dominated trading last week have eased so far this week – and investor appetite for greater risk rose a little. The yield...
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Spotlight on the States: Minnesota
In this installment of our Spotlight on the States blog series, focused on Minnesota, we take a slightly different look at the state's fiscal...
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"Meet the Generations": Baby Boomers
Meet John, a 56-year-old fictional Baby Boomer "profiled" in the fourth installment of our "Meet the Generations" blog series, inspired by our latest...
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MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle March 2011
Once again, policy-watchers and policymakers are fired up over whether Social Security needs to be fixed anytime soon. Some resort to pretty arcane...
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So Does Social Security Add to the Deficit?
In light of the recent debates over Social Security, CRFB's latest paper attempts to clarify how the program relates to the federal budget and budget...
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Ten Former CEA Chairs Call for "Intense Negotiations" on Long-Term Deficits
A bipartisan group of ten former chairs of the President's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) published an op-ed in Politico today stating that the...
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"Meet the Generations": Seniors
Meet Edna, a 75-year-old fictitious senior citizen. In the third installment of our "Meet the Generations" series, we take a look how policymakers'...
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Debate BUILDs over Infrastructure Investment
The recent introduction of the BUILD Act to create a national infrastructure bank to help finance infrastructure improvements has started a needed...