Lessons from the States on Entitlement Reform

On Social Security, Biden could learn something from France's Macron

Rather than talk straight with Americans about what must be done to ensure U.S. entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare remain ...

The Story of the Social Security Number

Created merely to keep track of the earnings history of U.S. workers for Social Security entitlement and benefit computation purposes, it has come to be used as ...

Heading Toward Tax Victory, Republicans Eye Next Step: Cut ...

“You have got to generate economic growth because growth generates revenue. But you also have to bring spending under control. And not ...

Why are welfare states in the US and Europe so different ? | Cairn.info

More than one European government has fallen over pension reforms or had to endure long periods of social unrest even for relatively minor attempted reforms. 3 ...

Democrats find new ways to talk about entitlement cuts in ...

The report, called "Families & Seniors Foot the Bill for GOP Tax Cuts," includes state-by-state and district-by-district level data, and ...

Entitlement Reform: The 800 pound gorilla that's being ignored in ...

In this campaign, a couple of candidates are candid about entitlement spending. Former Alaska Democratic Sen. Mike Gravel happily discusses the size of the ...

Budget and Tax Lessons from President Calvin Coolidge

... entitlement obligations of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. ... As a nation let us learn from the lessons of President Calvin Coolidge.

Democratic Decline in the United States: What Can We Learn from ...

... reform of entitlements. Opposition to trade agreements—especially NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—was also a centerpiece of Trump's campaign ...

Renewing welfare through universal entitlement: lessons from Covid ...

In many states the balance has swung from the compensatory, enabling, and regulatory dimensions of welfare back towards 'decommodification'.

Do Republicans Want to Cut Social Security and Medicare? - Time

Yet the boisterous back-and-forth between Biden and congressional Republicans during his State of the Union speech suggests that the future of ...

Moving People from Welfare to Work. Lessons from the National ...

The 1996 welfare reform law spawned many new welfare policies and encouraged states to experiment with new approaches. Almost all the new ...

House GOP eyes Social Security, Medicare amid spending battle

Any plan to rethink entitlements is likely to face steep opposition in the Democratic-led Senate and may never gain meaningful traction even ...

The People's Guide to Project 2025 - Democracy Forward

If these plans are enacted, which Project 2025's authors claim can happen without congressional approval, 4.3 million people could lose overtime protections, 40 ...

Poll: Voters Say Ignoring Social Security's Approaching Insolvency ...

Entitlement reform has long been considered a third rail of American politics, even as the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare creeps ...

The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity ...

It was supported by a large majority of politicians and the public for its cost-cutting efforts and changed the US benefits system for families ...

Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Government Reform Efforts

Create on-going institutional structures and new routines. · Use a dual-track approach. · Embed into pre-existing administrative routines.

Medicare Social Security sunset: What Republicans have said

“There are modest reforms in entitlements that can be done without disadvantaging anybody at the point of the need,” Pence said, noting that a ...

117th Congress (2021-2022): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

... programs, including. Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities,; State Option Contracts,; Removal of Defective Commodities, and; Administration of ...

What is the Farm Bill? - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

An example of an entitlement program is the Supplemental Nutrition Access Program (SNAP). ... program-by-program funding levels across all areas of the US ...

The Politics of Entitlement Reform and the Budget Deficit | Brookings

The debate over how to address the skyrocketing U.S. budget deficit is heating up, spurred by two new proposals—one from the chairs of President Obama's ...