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How McCarthy can reset the Social Security and Medicare debate
Opinion by Lanhee J. Chen
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Republicans in Congress want to restore fiscal restraint to Washington, but it won't be easy. The difficult work of returning yearly deficits and the long-term debt to a sustainable path is complicated by the rise in interest rates and their impact on the budget, with spending on interest alone set to quadruple over the next 30 years.
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Lanhee J. Chen, PhD, is a regular contributor to CNN Opinion and the David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies at the Hoover Institution. He was a candidate for California State Controller in 2022. Chen has played senior roles in both Republican and Democratic presidential administrations and been an adviser to four presidential campaigns, including as policy director of Romney-Ryan 2012.