EconomyCommentary
Why Using Social Security for Paid Family Leave Is a Bad Idea
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
EconomyCommentary
The Grim Consequences of Not Reforming Social Security
Each year, the trustees of Social Security and Medicare issue their report delivering the news, invariably dismal, about the financial condition of the nation’s two… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Here Are 5 New Signs Social Security Is Going Insolvent
The Social Security Administration released its annual trustees report this week, and the prognosis is not good. Trust fund depletion—the date when Social Security’s reserves will… Read More
EconomyCommentary
5 Takeaways From Trump’s New Budget Proposal
President Donald Trump delivered his fiscal year 2019 budget request to Congress on Monday, officially kicking off the 2019 budget season. Congress must now do… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Our Debt Problem Is Really a Spending Problem. Economic Growth Won’t Fix It.
Two hundred and sixty-nine billion dollars. That’s a big number, and yet it’s not the amount the federal government spends on any of its major… Read More
EconomyCommentary
CBO Analysis of Trump Budget Shows Need for Entitlement Reform, Pro-Growth Tax Policies
The Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of President Donald Trump’s budget request last week, and it wasn’t good news. The report paints a stark… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Social Security Reform Is Urgent and Necessary
Late in the afternoon on Thursday last week, the Social Security Administration released its annual trustees’ report. As is often the case when government entities… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Trump’s Budget Puts Medicaid on a Path to Long-Needed Reform
Medicaid, the huge government health program for the poor and the indigent, is broken. Both the Trump administration’s recent budget submission and the House-passed American… Read More
EconomyNews
The Major Entitlement Overhaul That Could Be Part of Trump’s Budget
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, to be rolled out Tuesday, likely will include Medicaid reform. But with several approaches having been floated, definitive answers will… Read More
EconomyCommentary
We Can’t Bail Out Social Security Disability Insurance Forever. Here’s a Reform Proposal.
Few things make Americans more upset than a threat to the Social Security program that they have spent years paying into. That is why a… Read More
