How to Fix Social Security: Comparing the Different Approaches to Reform
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The Honorable Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Director, Congressional Budget Office
Kim Hildred
Subcommittee on Social Security, House Committee on Ways and Means
Ed Lorenzen
Office of Congressman Charlie Stenholm (D-TX)
Jen Olson
Office of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Peter Orszag
Brookings Institution
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Maya MacGuineas
Executive Director, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Henry Aaron
Brookings Institution
Social Security, the single largest government program, faces hundreds of billions of dollars in annual deficits, and changes will have to be made to the program. While the Presidential candidates are not yet focusing on Social Security reform, many in Congress are. A number of plans have been offered this year. The recent report by the Congressional Budget Office, The Outlook for Social Security, provides a new framework for comparing different approaches to reform. Douglas Holtz Eakin, the Director of the Congressional Budge Office, will share his perspective and then be followed by advocates of different approaches of reform for a discussion and comparison of the different ideas that are currently drawing attention in Congress.
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