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The panelists talked about the federal budget. They noted that the federal deficit continued to increase, while revenues dropped due to tax cuts and spending grew due to Medicare, Social…

Mr. Walker presented an economic analysis of various assumptions about the future of the health care system. He proposed that effective reforms needed to provide incentives, transparency…

At a panel forum at the Brookings Institution’s Tax Policy Center panelists talked about tax policy, fiscal policy, President Bush’s economic stimulus plan, and how these issues might be…

Participants talked about expanding employment opportunities for older workers, retirement policy, and future of the American workforce. Following their remarks they answered questions from…

The Senate Subcommittee on Aging held a hearing on using budget surpluses to save Social Security and Medicare as the baby boom generation approaches retirement age. Deputy Treasury Secretary…

Ms. Moon and Mr. Penner discussed the need to reform the Social Security system. They stressed the importance of informing the public in advance of any programs changes so that people can…

Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from administration officials and policy analysts on how Social Security, pensions, personal savings, and earnings will meet the retirement needs of…

The Urban Institute hosted a discussion on President Bill Clinton’s Fiscal Year 1995 Budget. Participants spoke about the healthcare, welfare reform, and crime funding found in the bill.

Several political scholars commented on the findings of a poll of American voters conducted by the Times-Mirror Center concerning voters' priorities for a new presidential administration.…

The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Deficits, Debt Management and International Debt held a hearing on the long term impact of the deficit on the economy. The subcommittee heard testimony on the…

House Banking Subcommittee looks at the Impact of the Budget deficit and asks the witnesses questions.

The House Ways and Means Committee heard its fourth day of testimony on proposals to stimulate the economy with tax incentives and cuts for parts of the American population. Witnesses…

Rudolph Penner, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, talked about the economy and his testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee about tax policy and economic growth. Mr. Penner…

Panelists in the forum sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute discussed the 1990 budget act and other issues in U.S. fiscal policy. Mr. Penner said the consequences of the 1990…

The members of the panel: Warren Brookes, Syndicated Columnist Lawrence Kudlow,Chief Econ. & Sr. Managing Director-Bear,Stearns & CO. Rudolph Penner,Sr.Fellow, The Urban Institute Norman Ture,…

A number of economists and administration officials discussed the legacy of the Reagan administration’s Economic Recovery Tax Act, which reduced income taxes 25 percent for all tax brackets upon its…

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget held a panel discussion on the means of creating an effective federal budget through the legislative process. Members of the panel spoke on methods of…

Ms. Rivlin, Mr. Penner and Mr. Reischauer, all former directors of the Congressional Budget Office, discuss the effects of the federal budget on the American economy. Ms. Rivlin said the…

Participants offered their interpretations of the 1991 Budget agreement and what effects they expect the plan will have on the U.S. economy.

Fiscal Policy in the 1990's is the topic of a conference held by AEI. This is the first panel.