Paul McLaughlin

The United States faces a number of serious fiscal challenges. Budget deficits are back, the economy has weakened, Social Security is unsound, growing health care spending is putting immense pressure on the budget, tax policy is at a major crossroads, and borrowing is projected to reach unsustainable levels. Politicians will have to take concrete steps to confront these challenges, and some level of sacrifice will be required. The sooner decisions are made, the better-both because it will give the public… more

Paul McLaughlin was a Program Associate for the Fiscal Policy Program and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget until the summer of 2008, when he left to pursue a law degree at New York University. Prior to joining New America, he worked as a research assistant to Professor Tim Guinnane, Ph.D., focusing primarily on population economics,… more