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Andrew Biggs

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Name: Andrew Biggs

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Immigration Reform Critics Not All Crazy Bigots

Earlier this week, when the Heritage Foundation released its much-anticipated paper claiming the immigration bill would cost a bazillion dollars, something unusual happened: Large numbers of Republicans widely, though not uniformly, denounced it as shoddy, ... [Published New York Magazine - May 08 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Immigration Reform, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Camille Rivera: The Chained CPI: A Bad Deal for Our Seniors and Veterans

President Obama was absolutely right when he proclaimed in his$ inaugural address, "we must reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its futur ... [Published Huffington Post - May 07 2013]

Entities: Social Security, Andrew Biggs, Medicare, Alan Grayson

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Badly needed pension reforms dead - again

When Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval called for yet another study of the Nevada Public Employees’ Retirement System — one that won’t wrap up until the current legislative session is over — he signaled he had no appetite to take on the issue before his ... [Published Las Vegas Review Journal - May 03 2013]

Entities: Andrew Biggs, Reformism, Liability, Workers, Brian Sandoval

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

'Henry' Dunant, maybe?

The Thai Red Cross Society should have reacted earlier than this to Andrew Biggs' entertaining ''Where the streets have strange names'' (Brunch, April 21).I wish to inform your readers as well as Rob Donnellan (PostBag, April 26) that Thanon Sanam Ma ... [Published Bangkok Post - May 02 2013]

Entities: Henry Dunant, Andrew Biggs, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Occidental College

How politicians buy votes by doling out public worker benefits

Public sector retirement benefits have come under fire in recent years, as state and local governments struggle to deal with large funding shortfalls. While many public sector employers have cut pension benefits, . A number of recent studies have concluded ... [Published American Enterprise Institute - May 02 2013]

Entities: Workers, Andrew Biggs, Social Security, Occidental College, Council of Economic Advisers

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Critics Pounce on Social Security 'Fix'

There's not much that the left and right can agree on these days, but many on both sides appear to have found a common foe in the latest plan to address Social Security costs.The proposal, unveiled as part of President Barack Obama's latest budget plan, ... [Published CNBC - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Social Security, Dean Baker, Teresa Ghilarducci, Richard Kaplan, Andrew Biggs

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Latest plan to 'fix' Social Security has slew of critics

Theres not much that the left and right can agree on these days, but many on both sides appear to have found a common foe in the latest plan to address Social Security costs.The proposal, unveiled as part of President Barack Obamas , would change the ... [Published NBCNews.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Social Security, Dean Baker, Teresa Ghilarducci, Richard Kaplan, Andrew Biggs

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Social Security: Cap or no cap?

Posted: 3 pm ETThe most frequently suggested solution to Social Security's potential shortfall is to raise the cap on earnings. That would mean people who earn more than the current cap of $113,700 and their employers would owe payroll taxes on earnings ... [Published Bankrate.com - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Social Security, Andrew Biggs, Encumbrance, US Social Security Administration, American Enterprise Institute

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 2 reports

The Chained CPI Trap

In making the case against adopting chained CPI for Social Security and the federal income tax, Andrew Biggs notes the following:1. Annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for Social Security help counteract the fact that private pensions are not adjusted ... [Published National Review - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Social Security, Andrew Biggs, Taxes, Republican Party (US), Inflation

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Should We Have a More Selective Immigration Policy or a Less Selective Immigration Policy?

One of Shikha Dalmia?s central arguments regarding less-skilled immigrants and means-tested benefits, as I understand her column, is that because the utilization of means-tested benefits among less-skilled immigrants is lower than it is among native-born ... [Published National Review - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Andrew Biggs, Education, Social Welfare

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Fixing Social Security and Cutting Social Security Aren't the Same Thing

Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, has declared his opposition to chained CPI to reduce the growth in Social Security benefits on the grounds that doing so is tantamount to ?,? as he said to Wolf Blitzer ... [Published National Review - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Social Security, Greg Walden, Andrew Biggs

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

Changes loom for Washington state pension system could be short, fewer words

Jan and Dave Proebstel rely on money from the state pension plan now that Dave Proebstel is retired from for the Clallam County PUD.RelatedMost Popular CommentsThe example story - $6000 per month for 26 years of service - is a very generous... (March ... [Published Seattle Times - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Discount rate, Andrew Biggs, Actuary, Matt Smith, Steve Hill

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The Lessons of the Early Childhood Intervention... [Published National Review - May 09 2013]
Immigration Reform Critics Not All Crazy Bigots [Published New York Magazine - May 08 2013]
Camille Rivera: The Chained CPI: A Bad Deal for... [Published Huffington Post - May 07 2013]
Why don't Thais read? [Published Bangkok Post - May 03 2013]
Badly needed pension reforms dead - again [Published Las Vegas Review Journal - May 03 2013]
'Henry' Dunant, maybe? [Published Bangkok Post - May 02 2013]
How politicians buy votes by doling out public ... [Published American Enterprise Institute - May 02 2013]
Public Sector Employees Receive Generous Benefi... [Published US News & World Report - May 02 2013]
Critics Pounce on Social Security 'Fix' [Published CNBC - Apr 30 2013]
Latest plan to 'fix' Social Security has slew o... [Published NBCNews.com - Apr 30 2013]
Immigration Reform Should Avoid a Credential Fe... [Published REASON Online - Apr 22 2013]
Immigration Reform Should Avoid a Credential Fe... [Published Hit & Run - Apr 22 2013]
DeMint: Taxpayers Would Pay for Amnesty [Published Heritage Foundation - Apr 22 2013]
More Secret Emails: Preparing to Fight DeMint o... [Published Breitbart Feed - Apr 22 2013]
Social Security: Cap or no cap? [Published Bankrate.com - Apr 18 2013]
Census Bureau Faces Danger from Budget Cuts and... [Published American Progress - Apr 18 2013]
The Chained CPI Trap [Published National Review - Apr 15 2013]
Should We Have a More Selective Immigration Pol... [Published National Review - Apr 15 2013]
Why are Republicans Suddenly So Worried about t... [Published Economist's View - Apr 15 2013]
Obama Programs Derided by Republicans as Pejora... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 15 2013]
Fixing Social Security and Cutting Social Secur... [Published National Review - Apr 12 2013]
Terry Theise to Keynote 27th Annual Internation... [Published PRWeb - Mar 19 2013]
Thursday Dozen Hoisted from the Archives: Keepe... [Published J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - Mar 14 2013]
Thursday Dozen Hoisted from the Archives: Keepe... [Published Brad DeLong - Mar 14 2013]
Changes loom for Washington state pension syste... [Published Seattle Times - Mar 05 2013]
Is it a Revolution to Talk About Medicare Means... [Published REASON Online - Dec 17 2012]
Is it a Revolution to Talk About Medicare Means... [Published Hit & Run - Dec 17 2012]
Opinion: Underworked Government Employees [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - Dec 05 2012]
Charen column: What price will 'fairness' cost? [Published Marshfield News Herald - Nov 23 2012]
Mythbusting: Federal Workers Are NOT Underpaid ... [Published REASON Online - Nov 19 2012]

Blogs

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Immigration Reform Should Avoid a Credential Fe... [Published Hit & Run - Apr 22 2013] Over at NRO, Reihan Salam offered a two-part response to my recent Bloomberg View piece on why opposition to low-skilled immigrants becausethey’ll strain the welfare system is based more on myth than fact.Salam, who is in favor of looser immigration ...
More Secret Emails: Preparing to Fight DeMint o... [Published Breitbart Feed - Apr 22 2013] In addition to the emails showing Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) working with the libertarian Cato Institute and pro-Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) to shape pro-immigraiton reform messages in the wake of the Boston terror attack, additional ...
Why are Republicans Suddenly So Worried about t... [Published Economist's View - Apr 15 2013] When conservatives face a choice of cutting Social Security -- something they have long sought -- in return for an increase in taxes, they suddenly becomefriends of the elderly and the working class. But what is really behind their newfound fondness ...
Thursday Dozen Hoisted from the Archives: Keepe... [Published J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - Mar 14 2013] A Dozen Keepers from May 2005: Brad DeLong : Limitations of the Marshallian Toolkit Brad DeLong : Statement on Social Security Reform \| Notes on Senate Hearing on Social Security Proposals Brad DeLong : Bernanke's Global Savings Glut Argument Brad ...
Thursday Dozen Hoisted from the Archives: Keepe... [Published Brad DeLong - Mar 14 2013] A Dozen Keepers from May 2005:Brad DeLong : Limitations of the Marshallian ToolkitBrad DeLong : Statement on Social Security Reform\|Notes on Senate Hearing on Social Security ProposalsBrad DeLong : Bernanke's Global Savings Glut ArgumentBrad DeLong : ...

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Opinion: Underworked Government Employees [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - Dec 05 2012]