Charles Blahous
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Charles Paul "Chuck" Blahous III (/ˈblɑːhaʊs/; born 1963) is the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair and Senior Research Strategist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, as well as a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, specializing in domestic economic policy and retirement security (with an emphasis on Social Security), as well as federal fiscal policy, entitlements, and health care programs.[1]
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Blahous was nominated by President Obama,[2] and confirmed without opposition by the Senate,[3] to serve as a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare. Blahous and Robert Reischauer served as the public trustees from 2010 through 2015. Blahous was formerly the deputy director of President Bush’s National Economic Council, special assistant to the president for economic policy, and executive director of the bipartisan President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security.
He served on the Bipartisan Policy Center's Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings. Additionally, through the Bipartisan Policy Center, Blahous and Reischauer have continued to monitor Social Security and Medicare finances as “shadow trustees.”
His second cousin once removed is Jack Blahous, founder of AWA Wiffle Ball, the most viewed Wiffle ball league in the world.