Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
First Paragraph
The concern with the federal budget deficits and the growing federal debt has brought forth three principal proposals: (1) the December 2010 proposal by the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (the Deficit Commission Proposal); (2) the April 2011 Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution, The Path to Prosperity, advanced by Congressman Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on the Budget (the Ryan Proposal); and (3) the proposal of President Obama set out in a speech he gave at George Washington University on April 13, 2011 (the Obama Proposal). These proposals are sometimes referred to here as "the Three Proposals."
Recommended Citation
Samuel C. Thompson Jr., A Buffett Rule for Social Security and Medicare: Phasing Out Benefits for High Income Retirees, 50 U. Louisville L. Rev. 603 (2012).