EconomyCommentary
One of the left’s hot new policy ideas is simply to give money to everyone to end poverty. And of course, California is leading the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
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
EconomyCommentary
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
EconomyCommentary
Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries who recover should be on a pathway to return fully to the workforce, as soon as they are able. A… Read More
EconomyNews
Several members of the House Freedom Caucus shared their concern for the future of entitlement reform, emphasizing disappointment that it was not a part of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As President Donald Trump is preparing his first budget submission to the Congress, he should consider making Social Security reform a priority. The future of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Social Security was a fact of life in 20th-century America, but it may soon reach a critical fork in the road. In less than two… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Finally, a reform plan has been introduced to preserve Social Security without troubling younger generations with undue debt and tax burdens. This plan, the Social Security… Read More
