Social Security: Can’t We Wait Until 2037 to Solve That Problem?
No. Heritage fellow David John explains: Is the Important Year to Consider 2037, 2016, or 2009? The year when Social Security begins to spend more… Read More
No. Heritage fellow David John explains: Is the Important Year to Consider 2037, 2016, or 2009? The year when Social Security begins to spend more… Read More
Reuters reports: Recession Hurts Medicare and Social Security. The New York Times blares: Recession Drains Social Security and Medicare. And CNN follows suit: Recession Hits… Read More
The federal budget deficit is set to quadruple in 2009 to $1.75 trillion and President Barack Obama’s budget will add another $4.9 trillion in public… Read More
While some politicians in Washington seem to have discovered the issue of “fiscal responsibility” yesterday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has a long and courageous track… Read More
Liberal author Robert Kuttner doesn’t believe in the entitlement crisis. His argument – reflecting conventional far left thinking on the issue – goes something like… Read More
Ahead of President Barack Obama’s “Fiscal Responsibility Summit” being held today, The Heritage Foundation hosted a panel last week titled: “Real Change or Pocket Change?… Read More
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Maintaining and modernizing our armed forces doesn’t just protect America, it fulfills the Constitution’s mandate to “provide for the common defense.” Yet the defense budget… Read More
After making news earlier this week for promising to make Social Security and Medicare reform a “central part” of his plan to curtail federal spending,… Read More
Responding to the sticker shock of the Congressional Budget Office’s projected record $1.2 trillion budget deficit, President-elect Barack Obama said: We will — we are… Read More
Most people are skeptical about statistics, claiming that mathematically-minded people just bend numbers to their will. But when it comes to long term budget projections,… Read More