by Bruce Webb Barkley Rosser and I among others have long claimed that Social Security’s economic models are too pessimistic in light of performance both over the whole post-war period…
by Bruce Webb Those who ignore history are bound to repeat it. The otherwise estimable Ezra falls into the trap. Bipartisan Policy Making Hertzberg is wrong at so many levels…
by Bruce Webb In a post at his site Andrew Biggs points us to a NewMajority.com piece by him Survey: Half of workers would opt out of Social Security if…
by Bruce Webb 1997 II.F6 2007 II.D7 Each year the Trustees of Social Security provide a graphic representation of the results of the three alternative projections: Low Cost, Intermediate Cost,…
by Bruce Webb The following three Tables are copied from the Liebman-MacGuineas-Samwick Non-Partisan Social Security Reform Plan to make a couple of points. One is that the plan authors are…
by Bruce Webb Andrew Biggs references an editorial from the Charleston SC Post and Courier Advance Entitlements Reform However, President Obama’s major entitlement-reform offensive strikes on the Medicare front. He…
by Bruce Webb In a world where we actually had our priorities straight we wouldn’t even be talking about Social Security. The country, the world is sick with fear about…
by Bruce Webb (h/t Susan G at dKos.) David Waldman aka KagroX has put together at Congress Matters what he calls a Treasure trove of tools we need to understand…
by Bruce Webb The Treasury Department maintains a handy web application called Debt to the Penny. As the name suggests it will give you total Public Debt to the penny…
…over the last decade, and appears to be mainly obstructionist instead of responsible. Looks to be the time the battle intensifies. Dean Baker, Bruce Webb, Barkley Rosser, PGL, Arne, and…