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Jim McCrery and Earl Pomeroy: It's time for action on Social Security disability insurance
Read moreThe Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides vital benefits to 11 million workers with disabilities and their families, but much...
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Marc Goldwein: Candidates, Stop Perpetuating Social Security Myths. Start Offering Solutions.
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a guest post that...
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Maya MacGuineas: Dangers in Donald Trump’s Debt Suggestions
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote a commentary that...
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Telling the Whole Story on Interest and Long-Term Debt
Read moreIn a recent blog, New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman criticized Donald Trump's recent suggestion that he'll "negotiate forgiveness on...
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Adding Up Donald Trump's Campaign Proposals So Far
Read moreNOTE: This version of this analysis is now out of date. The most current version of the analysis can be found in our paper "Promises and Price Tags: A...
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Analysis of Donald Trump's Health Care Plan
Read moreRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently released a health care reform plan entitled “Healthcare Reform to Make America Great Again.”
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Debt Will Rise Under the Next President
Read moreOur recent updates and analyses of the fiscal policies of Secretary Clinton, Senator Sanders, and Donald Trump show that debt would rise from today’s...
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Millennials: Your Next President Should Be Concerned About the Debt
Read moreIn a recent op-ed in TIME, Michael A. Peterson, the president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, outlined why millennials need the next...
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Adding Up Secretary Clinton's Campaign Proposals So Far
Read moreNOTE: This version of this analysis is now out of date. The most current version of the analysis can be found in our paper "Promises and Price Tags: A...
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Event Recap: Fixing the Budget Process
Read moreAs part of our Better Budget Process Initiative, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget recently hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill called...
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Nine Social Security Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
Read moreSocial Security is a vital program for tens of millions of seniors, dependents, and workers with disabilities, and it has been a hot topic of...
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CRFB Mentioned in Three Presidential Debates
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has been mentioned by name in three presidential debates over the past few months. This is a good sign...