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Budget Committee Holds Hearing on Challenges of an Aging Society

August 2, 2000

The House Budget Committee held a hearing last Thursday on intergenerational issues, including the future viability of Social Security and Medicare. Among the witnesses were Cato advisors former Rep. Tim Penny (D-MN) of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Professor Laurence Kotlikoff of Boston University; Dan Crippen of the Congressional Budget Office; Pete du Pont of the National Center for Policy Analysis; Dr. Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institute; Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE); and Professor Alicia Munnell of Boston College.

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"And there are more ideas-driven initiatives to come, including the partial privatization of Social Security, an issue that would still be unthinkable were it not for the relentless agitation of places like the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute."

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February 10, 2001