…Plan. Coberly has simplified and improved the labeling and data presentation). The newest version treats the DI (Disability Insurance) and OAS (Old Age/Survivors Insurance) individually instead as just part of…

…recovers along the lines projected by OMB OAS may well be fine long term. So we propose fixing DI, which is broken, and leaving OAS alone until it too trips…

…importantly, according to OMB in the out years of the Obama budget the deficit falls to under 3% of GDP, a goal Reagan did not achieve. Remember, Reagan proved that…

…a 16-member panel comprised of the White House OMB Director and Treasury Secretary; four members appointed by the Senate Majority Leader and four appointed by the Speaker of the House;…

…not the right way for policy makers to think about debt. For example OMB Director Orszag argues as follows: How much does the federal government owe? It might seem like…

…there is little harm in talking about THE Social Security Trust Fund, for most purposes that is how the Trustees discuss the matter, how CBO and OMB treat it for…

…but if OMB and CBO are right not by much, and in any case the total increase in assets that year will be more than $200 billion and probably pretty…

OMB Watch has joined others to keep tabs on this President….

Or maybe I did. Given that Peter Orszag is incoming head of OMB and I am, well, me, odds are I am the one in error. But I can’t find…

…stateside rather than the misery and warfare in Indochina. [italics mine] But look at (most of*) Obama’s picks: Orszag – Currently at the OMB. Prior experience at CEA, and then…