Social Security: Declining Fertility Rate Threatens Finances
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently released its 2012 data on births, indicating detrimental trends that could cast yet another blow to the already… 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
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Your Money in Pictures: The Top 5 Charts of 2013
As part of our countdown to the new year, here are Heritage’s top five must-see charts of 2013. 5. What If a Typical Family Spent… Read More
Congress Should Do These 3 Things in the Next 31 Days
In the next 31 days—starting today—the budget conference committee will try to accomplish something Congress has failed to do for the past four years… Agree… Read More
Why Is Obama Needlessly Scaring Seniors?
Apparently things aren’t ugly enough in Washington, so President Obama has started scaring senior citizens. “In a government shutdown, Social Security checks still go out… Read More
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Obama Needlessly Scares Seniors: Social Security Checks and the Debt Limit
President Obama is needlessly scaring seniors by suggesting that their Social Security benefit checks may not arrive on time if the U.S. runs out of… Read More
Q&A: What Happens During a Government Shutdown?
Some of the claims being made about what happens to the federal government when there is a funding lapse are almost hysterical – Senator Tom… Read More
What You Need to Know About the Debt Limit
The Congressional Budget Office just dropped a budget update on Washington, and it’s not good. The U.S. government is spending recklessly—and Obamacare is adding fuel… Read More
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CBO Report’s Facts Speak Louder Than Obama’s Spending and Debt Crisis Denial
The release of today’s Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the long-term budget outlook sends one message loud and clear: The U.S. spending and debt… Read More
Social Security Turns 78: What Was It Meant to Do?
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law on August 14, 1935, he referred to it as “a law which will give some… Read More
