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The federal budget deficit should be sustainable given future growth and inflation expectations, but there are serious long-term fiscal problems that deserve our attention now.
Click the image to watch Resident Scholar Alan Viard discuss the Ryan budget
The president and Senate Democrats have consistently refused to confront the entitlement growth. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan displayed political courage by taking on runaway entitlement spending in the budget plan that he introduced on Tuesday. Mr. Ryan proved again that he is one of the few genuine leaders in the entitlement reform arena. But his plan is far from perfect.
Watching Gene Sperling on all of the weekend talk shows to spin the sequester reminded me of Susan Rice’s Benghazi talk-show spinarama last September.
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As the controversy over climate policy has grown, it has been said that greenhouse gas (GHG) control is too hard but solar radiation management (SRM) is too easy. Join AEI for a discussion of the potential economic benefits, as well as the risks of SRM with Lee Lane, J. Eric Bickel and Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling. A reception will follow.
At this event, panelists will address pension reform challenges by presenting the results of three research papers commissioned by AEI through a generous grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation.
Mark Warshawsky, a well-known expert in retirement finance and a newly appointed commissioner, will explain the implications of a publicly funded long-term care insurance program. Then a panel will debate whether another government program the best way to ensure that families can afford to provide the necessary services for their aging loved ones.
