Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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Imagine if Congress wanted to issue $4 trillion in new debt in hopes of leveraging it to help pay down its existing $16 trillion in… Read More
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Social Security takes a whopping 12.4 percent of American workers’ paychecks, but a new backgrounder by The Heritage Foundation shows that workers are getting a… Read More
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Social Security is on track to run out of money by 2034, at which point the program will be able to pay only about 79… Read More
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This year marks the first time in more than a quarter-century that Social Security has had to dip into its trust fund balance. Since its… Read More
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Reducing the minimum monthly payment on someone’s massive credit card debt and issuing them an additional credit card won’t solve that person’s financial problems. It… Read More
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Last month’s Supreme Court decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees hit public-sector unions like a bombshell. Now that public-sector… Read More
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If a 10 percent tax on restaurant meals wasn’t enough to jack up the cost of dining in Washington, D.C., city residents just voted for… Read More
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An economic crisis has engulfed Puerto Rico. The Financial Oversight Management Board, a federally-mandated advisory group, has worked to help Puerto Rico deal with its… Read More
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is a government entity that provides mandatory insurance to private pension plans. The PBGC’s multiemployer program deficit—estimated to be between… Read More
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Generous pensions have always been a prime perk of government jobs. Now those pensions are causing government layoffs, reduced services, and tax increases. Take Harvey,… Read More
