Social Security
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Social Security and Medicare Continue Steadily Down the Road to Insolvency
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today showing that both programs continue steadily down...
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Marc Goldwein: 'Big 3' Burden: Entitlement Costs Simply Untenable
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Commitee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Trump Budget Includes Meaningful SSDI Reforms
Read morePresident Trump has been disappointingly reluctant to propose any changes to improve the solvency of Social Security's retirement program, but his...
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Johnson and Larson Show Two Ways to Fix Social Security
Read moreYesterday, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT) introduced a Social Security reform bill. About four...
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CBO Releases Additional Details on Social Security Projections
Read moreCBO's annual report on its long-term projections for Social Security continues to show a major shortfall for the program, even larger than the one...
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The Greenspan Commission at 35: Time for Another Commission?
Read moreDecember 16 marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the National Commission on Social Security Reform – or the Greenspan Commission – which...
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Johnson Introduces Social Security Solvency Legislation
Read moreChairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security introduced a bill yesterday to make Social Security sustainably...
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A Bipartisan Social Security Commission
Read moreIn 1981, the Social Security trust funds were nearly empty and President Ronald Reagan and Congressional leaders in both parties appointed the...
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CRFB Encouraged by Chairman Johnson's Social Security Solvency Plan
Read moreRep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, released a comprehensive plan today to ensure Social Security...
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The Real Story on Social Security Deficits
Read moreSocial Security faces a serious financial shortfall, but there is no shortage of Social Security myths designed to draw attention away from the need...
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Marc Goldwein: These 5 Supposed Fixes for Social Security Won’t Solve Its Problems
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an op-ed...
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Event Recap: How Would Americans Fix Social Security?
Read moreOn October 18, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-hosted an event with Voice of the People to discuss the latest findings of their...