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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:05 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Chained CPI Proposal Would Cut Social Security Retirement Benefits by About 2 Percent, on Average The President’s new budget proposes to use the chained Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computing cost-of-living adjustments in Social Security and certain other federal benefits, as well as for indexing key parameters of the tax code.[1] The effect of this proposal on Social Security retirement benefits would vary by a person’s age and benefit level and would differ for current and future beneficiaries, but most future beneficiaries would experience a benefit reduction … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/RNZQMHRe9Ng/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3957 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:22:06 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3957 Off the Charts Blog: SSI, Helping the Poorest Elderly and Disabled Americans http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:12:59 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: President's Budget Leaves Little Room for Further Compromise http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:32:28 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Not So Hale and Hearty: Explaining Disability Rates in One Alabama County http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:41:54 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: In Case You Missed It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:43:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 President Obama's Deficit-Reduction Package and Other Proposals in the 2014 Budget Overview The President’s 2014 budget is presented in two parts. One part includes the package of deficit- reduction policies that the President included in his last offer to Speaker Boehner during the “fiscal cliff” negotiations in December 2012. This package would reduce the deficit by $1.8 trillion over the next decade and go somewhat beyond stabilizing the debt as a share of the economy, setting it on a slight downward path. When coupled with the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/akmCDhe5HfA/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3952 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:59:39 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3952 Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, on President Obama's FY 2014 Budget President Obama’s budget includes a $1.8 trillion deficit reduction package that reflects his last offer to Speaker Boehner during their budget talks in December. The new budget — like the President’s offer — represents a substantial compromise on the President’s part; compared to the President’s original offer to the Speaker from earlier in December, it contains $400 billion less in new revenue, $200 billion more in discretionary program cuts, and the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/Z5LEsD-PRxg/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3951 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:34:46 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3951 Commentary: The Debate Over the Chained CPI The news that President Obama’s new budget will propose adopting the “chained” Consumer Price Index (CPI) for cost-of-living adjustments in Social Security and other retirement programs, and annual inflation adjustments in the tax code, has intensified the debate on this issue. Some commentators portray this proposal as a test of fiscal rectitude, arguing that the chained CPI more accurately measures inflation — period — and that if you’re opposed to … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/q1QEpTukmqU/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3950 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:46:22 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3950 Off the Charts Blog: Who's Serious About Getting a Budget Deal? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:34:08 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: No Surprise, Disability Beneficiaries Experience High Death Rates http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:20:36 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: SSI Provides Critical Support for Disabled Kids and Their Families http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:07:38 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: The State of Disability http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:21:47 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Senate Calls for Level Playing Field for Main Street Retailers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:42:55 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Setting the Record Straight: Safety Net Dollars Go to People — Not Red Tape http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:19:42 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Testimony of Kathy A. Ruffing Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Before the Subcommittee on Social Security Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Becerra, and members of the subcommittee, I appreciate the invitation to appear before you today.[1] The Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) program provides modest but vital benefits to workers who become unable to perform substantial work on account of a serious medical impairment. Although some critics charge that spending for the program is “out of control,” the bulk of the rise in federal disability rolls stems from demographic … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/1ZfqdLWOK78/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3934 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:05:25 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3934 Off the Charts Blog: Ruffing: Pending Insolvency of Disability Insurance Expected and Should Be Addressed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:25:32 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Why Deficit Reduction Must Protect Effective Low-Income Programs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:03:09 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Failure to Fund Disability Reviews Properly Is Penny Wise and Pound Foolish http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:58:43 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Deficit Reduction Should Not Increase Poverty and Hardship Executive Summary With President Obama and lawmakers of both parties vowing to achieve further deficit reduction, the stakes are high for low- and moderate-income Americans. If policymakers heavily target programs that serve vulnerable Americans, they will run the risk of increasing poverty and hardship and reducing opportunity for those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, limiting their future educational and employment prospects. If, however, policymakers take a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/1xpNZ8ImnwQ/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3918 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:54:03 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3918 Testimony of Robert Greenstein, President, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Before the Senate Committee on Finance Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the Finance Committee, I appreciate the invitation to testify here today. As we all know, the nation faces fiscal and economic challenges, and we will have to make some tough decisions to put the budget on a more sustainable fiscal course and to do so without hindering a still-too-weak economic recovery. Earlier this month, we issued an analysis which finds (based on the new Congressional Budget Office projections, with several adjustments that … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/ilzRdMIFqHI/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3908 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:09:18 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3908 Testimony of Robert Greenstein, President, Before Senate Budget Committee I appreciate the invitation to testify today on the impact of federal budget decisions on families and communities. This is an important matter. As you know, the nation will have to make tough decisions to put the budget on a more sustainable fiscal course. The issue is not only whether policymakers act to secure adequate deficit reduction, but also how that is done. On Monday, we issued an analysis that finds (based on the new Congressional Budget Office projections, with … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/4yqhDqWe4uE/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3902 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:43:02 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3902 “Boehner Rule” Linking Debt-Ceiling Increase to Spending Cuts Is Dangerous Policy House Speaker John Boehner has argued that “any increase in the debt limit has to be accompanied by spending reductions that equal or exceed it.”[1] The Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011, which ended the previous debt-limit showdown, paired a $2.1-trillion increase in the debt ceiling with spending cuts of similar size.[2] Although Congress is about to approve a short-term increase in the debt limit that is not linked to spending cuts, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and 13 … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/9UbnttPDZoA/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3889 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:54:39 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3889 Off the Charts Blog: Actuaries Confirm That Latest Scare Talk on Social Security Is Off-Base http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:39:29 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Rich Man, Poor Man: Lawmakers Should Raise and Index the SSI Asset Limits http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:34:30 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: The Chained CPI: A Response to Robert Kuttner http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-SocialSecurity/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:47:49 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184