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In Response To Professor Dobelstein’S Respectful Critique Of A Tale Of Three Commissions: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly , Eric Kingson
In Response To Professor Dobelstein’S Respectful Critique Of A Tale Of Three Commissions: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly , Eric Kingson
Eric Kingson
Eric R. Kingson responds to Andrew Dobelstein's position with regard to "A Tale of Three Commissions: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly," which was published in Poverty & Public Policy Volume 2, Issue 3.
A Tale Of Three Commissions: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Eric Kingson
A Tale Of Three Commissions: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Eric Kingson
Eric Kingson
Eric Kingson was an advisor to the 1982 National Commission on Social Security Reform and to the 1994 Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform. Drawing on the experience of 1982 (the “Good”) and 1994 (the “Bad”) commissions, he concludes that the fast-track debt commission as proposed by Senators Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg would result in an unprecedented and deleterious approach to Social Security policy-making. The structure and functioning of the 1994 commission provides insight into likely goals and functioning of the Conrad-Gregg Commission, a commission Kingson suggests would be akin to the 1994 entitlement commission “on steroids.” Noting …