EconomyCommentary
Fix Social Security With Ownership, Not More Government
The trustees for Social Security have just issued their annual report. And, as we have learned annually over recent years, the system cannot meet its… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Social Security: A Broken Socialist Dinosaur
It seems many still harbor, or want to perpetuate, the illusion that our Social Security system is not in trouble. Let me quote here from… Read More
The Top Five Reasons Congress Should Begin Reforming Social Security in 2014
It has been 30 years since Congress last touched Social Security. Reform is urgently needed to protect the nation’s elderly and disabled from poverty and… Read More
A Constructive First Step to Reform Social Security
Dave Camp (R–MI), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has announced a series of hearings on bipartisan entitlement reform proposals, the first of… Read More
EconomyNews
Social Security Benefits and Cost of Living: Protecting Against Inflation
Adopting the chained CPI (Consumer Price Index) in Social Security to more accurately account for changes in the cost of living is a small first… Read More
Three Reasons for Social Security to Use Chained CPI
During last week’s vote-a-rama in the Senate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I–VT) intended to put Senators from both parties on the record for opposing the adoption… Read More
Retirement: Delaying It Brings Many Benefits
Too many healthy seniors retire early at a loss to their wealth and to society. Meanwhile, Social Security is in dire need of reform. Delaying… Read More
House vs. Senate Budget: What a Balanced Budget Looks Like (CHART)
This week, the budget committees of both chambers of Congress released their budgets ahead of President Obama’s budget—marking the first time in 92 years that… Read More
Presidential Race Puts Social Security Reform Back on National Agenda
Social Security took center stage at last night’s Republican presidential debate, emerging as a key issue among candidates at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in… Read More
VIDEO: Hutchison Hammers Liberals for Opposing Social Security Reform
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), in an exclusive interview with Heritage, criticized her liberal colleagues for opposing Social Security reform, warning that they would… Read More
