entitlements

What is Social Security?

jgordon — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:09:14 +0000

In a Nutshell

Tax Entitlements

jgordon — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:32:11 +0000

SPENDING ON THE REVENUE SIDE

The nation’s long-term fiscal imbalance provides an . . . impetus for reexamining all major
spending and tax provisions. This includes tax incentives and subsidies intended to promote
various social and economic objectives.—Government Accountability Office, 2005

Tax entitlements are reductions in tax liabilities that result from
• excluding or exempting items from gross income (“tax exclusions”),
• deducting items from either gross income or adjusted gross income (“tax deductions”),

The Health Care Problem

jgordon — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:58:14 +0000

The demographics and rising health care costs present the key drivers to unsustainable health care budgets in our future. A few simply statistics demonstrate that this problem is expected to get worse without corrective action:

Medicare and Health Care

jgordon — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:36:33 +0000

Entitlements

skrueger — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:23:38 +0000

Social Security

skrueger — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:13:33 +0000

For over 65 years Social Security has provided a vital floor of protection. Its broad range of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits for millions of Americans makes it an important issue for people of all ages (for more see: "What is Social Security?").