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Oct 22, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Adam Bloomfield |Kyung Min Lee |Jay Philbrick |Sita Slavov
ACA Affordable Care Act ASEC Annual Social and Economic Supplement Auto-IRA automatic enrollment individual retirement account BDS Business Dynamics Statistics CPS Current Population Survey EIN employer identification number ESRP employer-sponsored retirement plan IRA individual retirement account 1 INTRODUCTION Employer-sponsored retirement plans (ESRPs)1 represent the largest source of private retirement saving, and over time an increasing share of employers have been automatically...
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
aei.org | Sita Slavov |Julia Cataneo
Senator J. D. Vance has come under scrutiny recently for his remarks about the “childless cat ladies” of the Democratic Party—a reference to policy makers who, Vance claims, do not have children, lack a “physical commitment to the future of this country,” and therefore embrace “anti-child” policies.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
msn.com | Sita Slavov
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
aei.org | Sita Slavov
By Sita SlavovThe Republican Party is no longer the party of free markets and small government. The 2024 GOP platform explicitly calls to “fight for and protect Social Security and Medicare with no cuts, including no changes to the retirement age.” Sen. JD Vance, the party’s vice presidential nominee, has expressed sympathy for the “Bernie Bros” who supported progressive Sen.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Sita Slavov
The Republican Party is no longer the party of free markets and small government. The 2024 GOP platform explicitly calls to “fight for and protect Social Security and Medicare with no cuts, including no changes to the retirement age.”Sen. JD Vance, the party’s vice presidential nominee, has expressed sympathy for the “Bernie Bros” who supported progressive Sen.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
aei.org | Sita Slavov |Adam Bloomfield |Lucas Goodman |Manita Rao
By Adam Bloomfield, Lucas Goodman, Manita Rao, and Sita SlavovAbstractSeveral states have recently attempted to boost retirement saving by adopting “auto-IRA” policies that require employers not currently offering an employer-sponsored retirement plan (ESRP) to either (1) establish an ESRP or (2) enroll employees in state-facilitated Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
nber.org | Adam Bloomfield |Lucas Goodman |Manita Rao |Sita Slavov
Skip to main content We are grateful to Kim Olson, Christine Cheng, and Angela Antonelli for helpful input regarding policy details. This research was conducted while Goodman was an employee at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or the official positions of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, AARP, FDIC, or the U.S. Government.
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May 30, 2024 | 
aei.org | Sita Slavov |Robert L. Bixby |Phil Smith
AEI’s Sita Slavov joins The Concord Coalition’s radio show and podcast, Facing the Future, to discuss her recent essay Making Tough Fiscal Choices to Protect Future Generations. She talked about the urgent need for fiscal reforms, including Social Security adjustments, a carbon tax, and broadening the tax base, to ensure economic sustainability for future generations. Read summary and listen to the podcast here.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
aei.org | Alex Brill |Sita Slavov |Andrew Biggs |Max Eden
With federal debt levels reaching unprecedented heights, deficits continuing to grow, and insolvencies of major federal spending programs like Medicare and Social Security looming on the horizon, concern is mounting across the political spectrum about the United States’ fiscal trajectory. How did we get here? How does this affect the economy? And what can we do about it?
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
nber.org | Carla Moreno |Sita Slavov
The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Sita Slavov In addition to my compensation from George Mason University, I have received significant financial support during the past three years from the following organizations: 1) The Alfred P.
