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…Social Security and a majority says the more they hear about Bush’s plan to reform the giant retirement system, the less they like it, according to a new Washington Post-ABC…

Is the Social Security Trust Fund Worth Anything?

…the opportunity to discuss the Al Qaeda threat with Richard Clarke during the summer of terror (2001), he also could have seriously discussed Soc. Sec. reform with Dr. Smettters. He…

Cheaper Drugs

…when it comes to his own analysis. On the pro-reform side, Porter interviews certified genius Michael Kremer, progressive advocate Dean Baker, and Aidan Hollis. Hollis is an economist from Canada…

The Last Word on Bush’s Agenda for America

…“A Plan for Helping American Families in a Changing World”, which is their idea for health care reform. Health Savings Accounts and Medical Liability “Reform” are the two big ideas….

More Tolls, Less Gridlock

…centers as well as highways. According to Paul Krugman, writing in 1996 before four years of George Bush drove him shrill, traffic reform has a potential payoff about as big…

…world whether, for example, you pass an awful welfare reform bill or you pass an awful welfare reform bill with an especially nasty amendment by Phil Gramm attached to it….

…about “The Fundamentals of Tax Reform”. I first mentioned Hubbard and tax reform here, give links to other stories on Consumption and Income Taxes here , and give a more…

…of tax reform are to reduce complexity, improve economic incentives, and address fairness. The central theme that brings these objectives together is that household and business decisions should depend on…