<p>Nancy J. Altman 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 <em>Poverty & Public Policy </em>Volume 2, Issue 3.</p>

<p>Warning of the danger from the unified budget approach, the distinguished analyst of Social Security, Nancy J. Altman, last December issued a statement to the National Academy of Social Insurance. Poverty and Public Poverty now presents her cogent explanation of the issues and clarification of...</p>

<p>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 “Goodâ€) and 1994 (the “Badâ€) commissions, he concludes that the fast-track debt...</p>