Social Security

A few weeks ago, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles suggested that in designing a plan, "revenue as a percentage of GDP [should not] be much...

If You Can’t Stand the Heat… – Washington has been experiencing a heat wave, but it can’t all be blamed on the friction between the two parties...

At a time when Social Security is increasingly getting lawmakers' attention for the possibility of reform, raising the retirement age is starting to...

CRFB’s earlier post on CBO’s Social Security Options publication covered some of the broad reform options, especially those effecting Social Security...

Social Security has been described as the "third rail" of American politics: if you touch it, you get burned. Now, it seems that touching Social...

Last Friday, CBO released a report on 30 options for changing the Social Security system, analyzing both the savings and distributional effects of the...

After the Fireworks – The Independence Day celebrations have concluded. The fireworks have fizzled and most of us are back to work. Capitol Hill is...

After much anticipation, the CBO has released its Long Term Budget Outlook, which gives the first glimpse at the long-term effects of the recently...

In remarks at the think tank Third Way, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer covered the bases in talking about our deficits and debt. Among the topics...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Denver Post argued against both a second stimulus and the...

The establishment of a fiscal commission either in Congress or by the President was attacked from both sides of the political spectrum. Liberals...

We at CRFB believe in the Wizard of Oz theory of deficit reduction. Passing the right package of spending cuts and tax increases requires a brain – so...