Dr. Lawrence Hunter Biography

Dr. Lawrence A. Hunter is President of the Social Security Institute, a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization, and Senior Fellow at Americans for Prosperity and the Institute for Policy Innovation where he does economic research and writes reports on a diverse range of public policy issues. Dr. Hunter has worked as a business and economic consultant for numerous private firms and non-profit organizations and served on the White House staff as a policy advisor to the president during President Ronald Reagan's second term. He was Chief Economist and political advisor for Jack Kemp at Empower America between 1996 and 2005. During the 1996 presidential campaign, he served as a member of Senator Bob Dole’s Task Force on Tax Reduction and Tax Reform and on the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform. Dr. Hunter works closely with the congressional leadership and administration officials, testifies before Congress, speaks frequently before business and citizens groups, is quoted and published often in major newspapers and makes frequent television and radio appearances.

During the 103rd and 104th Congresses, Dr. Hunter served on the staff of the Joint Economic Committee, first as Republican Staff Director and later as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice Chairman where he was the lead staffer in charge of putting together the economic growth and tax cut components of the Contract With America. Prior to joining the JEC staff in 1993, Dr. Hunter was with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for five years where he served as Vice President and Chief Economist. In this capacity, Dr. Hunter managed a major division of the association and represented the Chamber on Capitol Hill, with the executive branch and in the media. Dr. Hunter appears frequently on television and on radio, writes regularly for major newspapers and periodicals and publishes extensive research on such diverse topics as economic growth, Social Security, Medicare, healthcare, tax reform and constitutional reform. Dr. Hunter is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Hunter is married to Georganna F. Hunter, the father of nine children and seven grandchildren.

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Democrats Wave Social Security Bloody Shirt

September 2, 2010

Source: The Washington Post

FactCheck.org says White House and Democrats are distorting Social Security issue: "The president claims Republican leaders are as eager to 'privatize' Social Security as they are to repeal his health care law. That's not true."
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Smackdown of Obama by Supreme Court may be inevitable

August 22, 2010

Source: Examiner.com

According to sources who watch the inner workings of the federal government, a smackdown of Barack Obama by the U.S. Supreme Court may be inevitable.
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Social Security Cuts Weighed by Panel

August 20, 2010

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Many Washington insiders predict that any 2011 debate on Social Security will focus on the issues of benefit cuts and tax increases. In addition to raising the retirement age, which is now set to reach age 67 in 2027, specific cuts under consideration include lowering benefits and trimming annual cost-of-living increases.
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August 18, 2010

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

The private lives of young people are now so well documented on the internet that many will have to change their names on reaching adulthood, Google’s CEO has claimed.
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Obama’s (Latest) Social Security Whopper

August 16, 2010

Source: FactCheck.org

President Obama claimed that Republican leaders are pushing to make "privatizing Social Security a key part of their legislative agenda" should they regain control of the House and Senate. He said this is "right up there on their to-do list with repealing" parts of the new health care law. FactCheck.org finds the president’s claim to be mostly false.
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August 16, 2010

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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