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Spending | Budget As though it wasn’t hard enough to assess competing government programs on a benefit/cost basis, comparisons are further complicated by using varying funding strategies. Read More...Tags: ethanol blending mandate, President Donald Trump, benefit/cost ratio, strategic importance, job training programs, disability awards, Social Security payments to dead people, Medicare, low balling costs, targeted spending cuts, log rolling, filibuster rule, trust fund, Social Security, regulatory mandates, renewable energy , student loan mess, Alice Rivlin
Social Security burden keeps growing, and most of the presidential candidates are pretending not to notice.
Read More...Tags: Social Security , AARP, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, retirement age, COLA, personal accunts, Gov. John Kasich, means testing, bipartisan cooperation, Hillary Clinton, decent monthly benefit, caregivers, Sen. Bernie Sanders, payroll tax cap, investment income tax, effective top marginal tax rate, disability awards, Bipartisan Budget Act, Laurence Kotlikoff, Congressional Budget Office