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Maya MacGuineas: Social Security is in trouble. Most candidates won’t admit it.
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Supplemental Payments Drive Up Federal Medicaid Costs
This paper is part of a series on Medicaid financing. Other papers in the series discuss an overview of state financing schemes and provider taxes...
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Chartbook: From Riches to Rags: Causes of Fiscal Deterioration Since 2001
On January 31, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget senior vice president and senior policy director Marc Goldwein gave a presentation on our...
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Don’t Add SALT to the Tax Deal
According to press reports, the House is considering new tax cuts and changes to follow the Committee-passed tax agreement that would expand the Child...
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Employee Retention Credit Faces 7X Cost Overrun
The pandemic-era Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC) was designed to help businesses retain workers during the pandemic. But after low initial uptake...
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Is Life Expectancy Really Falling?
During the fifth GOP presidential primary debate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis argued against raising the Social Security retirement age because...
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How Much Would the Wyden-Smith Tax Deal Cost?
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) recently put forward a bipartisan plan...
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Now is the Right Time for a Bipartisan Fiscal Commission
The House Budget Committee is scheduled to mark up the Fiscal Commission Act of 2024, a bill introduced by Representatives Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and...
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Where Do the Candidates Stand on Social Security?
In less than ten years, Social Security’s retirement trust fund will be insolvent. Under the law, this will trigger an immediate 23 percent cut in...
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Update: Talking Debt and Deficits in the GOP Debates
In the first five Presidential GOP primary debates, the current active GOP candidates have mentioned the deficit or debt a combined 31 times, with...
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CRFB Reacts to Wyden-Smith Tax Cut Deal
Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) announced a potential tax cut...
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Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know
This paper has been updated here. The second continuing resolution (CR) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 expires in two tranches, the first of which funds 4...