A Description of the Immigrant Population: An Update
In 2009, about 39 million foreign-born people lived in the United States, making up more than 12 percent of the U.S. populationthe largest share since 1920. Naturalized citizens (foreign-born people...
View ArticleCBO's Long-Term Social Security Projections
CBO projects that in fiscal year 2011, outlays for Social Security will total $733 billion, one-fifth of the federal budget. About 56 million people will receive Social Security benefits this year....
View ArticleSome Context for Thinking About Deficit Reduction: Social Security and Major...
As policymakers consider the composition of policy changes to be used to reduce future budget deficits, it is useful to consider both historical experience and projections for the future for...
View ArticleRaising the Ages of Eligibility for Medicare and Social Security
Raising the ages at which people can begin to collect Medicare and Social Security benefits would be one way to lower federal outlays, raise revenues, and reduce long-term fiscal imbalances. A CBO...
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2012 Long-Term Projections for Social SecurityOct 2012 - Over the next 20 years, the population will age and spending on Social Security will increase from about 5 percent of GDP to about 6...
View ArticleThe Earned Income Tax Credit and Expected Social Security Retirement Benefits...
Molly Dahl, Jonathan Schwabish, Thomas DeLeire, and Timothy Smeeding
View ArticleH.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 8, 2012read more
View ArticleCBO Releases the 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook
This morning CBO released the latest in its series of reports on the long-term budget outlook. CBO also published an infographic that highlights the key points of the report. Tomorrow, I will testify...
View ArticleThe 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Over the past few years, the federal government has been recording budget deficits that are the largest as a share of the economy since 1945. Consequently, the amount of federal debt held by the public...
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