My thoughts on President Obama’s endorsement of Social Security expansion, over at Forbes.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
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- Andrew G. Biggs
- I am a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, where my work focuses on Social Security policy. Previously I held several positions within the Social Security Administration, including Deputy Commissioner for Policy and principal Deputy Commissioner. Prior to that I was a Social Security Analyst at the Cato Institute. In 2005 I worked on Social Security reform at the White House National Economic Council, and in 2001 I was on the staff of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. My Bachelor's degree is from the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. I have Master's degrees from Cambridge University and the University of London and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I can be contacted at andrew.biggs @ aei.org.
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Seems like you kind of conveniently forgot the Grand Bargain negotiations between Speaker Boehner and President Obama regarding Social Security...
Except for the mention of the chained CPI, which was the Social Security portion of the negotiations. Although even that overstates it a bit, since the real priority (for both POTUS and the Congressional GOP) was a 10-year budget number, which COLA cuts can contribute to, not so much Social Security financing.
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