Expertise
budget policy; Social Security; immigration
Background
Past Positions
Chief, Human Resources Cost Estimates Unit, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) (1994-2007); Principal Analyst for Social Security, CBO (1981-1994); Economist, Office of Policy Analysis, Social Security Administration (1979-1981); Instructor, Department of Economics, Union College. Member, National Academy of Social Insurance; American Economic Association; Population Association of America; Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Education
Ph.D. (1979), M.A. (1977), Syracuse University; B.A., University of Maine, 1973
“The next president will inherit a record federal budget deficit, estimated at $482 billion. In fact, the real number could be much closer to $600 billion when you factor in all the government outlays such as the war, the new housing bill, unemployment compensation, and the recently-enacted Medicare doctor fee adjustment. That’s a high number, and it will impact how the new president sets his policy priorities. It also has national security implications when ¾ of our deficits are financed overseas.”