SocietyCommentary
America’s Families Would Be Slammed by House Panel’s Expansion of Welfare
A major feature of the House Ways and Means Committee’s “tax bill” is an expansion of the child tax credit. This expansion was necessary to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
4 Ways Struggling Americans Would Bear Brutal Impact of $17 Minimum Wage
With 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, most U.S. households could use a raise. But an arbitrary, one-size-fits-all increase in the minimum wage imposed… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How to Fix Our Broken Culture
Recently published projections for the U.S. population from the Census Bureau present a picture that should concern every American. It’s a snapshot of a dying… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Time for Fair Correction to Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision
Two competing proposals in Congress address Social Security provisions—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—that affect workers who have worked in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Wake Up, Washington: America’s Credit Outlook Now ‘Negative’
The credit rating agency Moody’s last week downgraded its assessment of the federal government’s debt outlook to “negative.” The move Friday followed the Fitch agency’s… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
4 Key Things You Need to Know About Government Shutdowns
With the nation’s capital fixated on tense negotiations over funding the federal government, apocalyptic warnings over a possible shutdown are filling headlines. Time is “running short,” we’re in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Social Security Trustees Forecast Significant Deterioration, 23% Benefit Cuts in Just 10 Years
The Social Security trustees released their annual report Friday, noting significant deterioration in Social Security’s financial well-being. Here’s what Americans need to know. Social Security… Read More
PoliticsNews
Pence Pushes ‘Commonsense’ Reforms to Social Security, Medicare
Former Vice President Mike Pence called for “commonsense” reforms to Social Security and Medicare during remarks to college students at Washington and Lee University. “If… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden’s $7 Trillion Budget Shell Game Takes More of Everyone’s Money, Despite His Promises
The president’s budget for fiscal year 2024 is less a display of prudent finance as it is reminiscent of a carnival shell game. If you… Read More
Economy Commentary
Our Forgotten National Debt
Congress and the media obsess endlessly over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached. Both ignore $23 trillion of bigger problems. That’s how deep in… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Federal Disability Program in Trouble: One Judge Makes It Worse
If you live in Pennsylvania and hope to receive federal disability benefits, you are in luck if your case is assigned to Judge Charles Bridges…. Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Rubio Takes on the Social Security Challenge
Last week, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., did something most politicians shy away from completely: He suggested reforming the Social Security program in a sensible way…. Read More
CBO Report Estimates 2014 Deficit at Half a Trillion Dollars: Why The Real Deficit Number is Actually Higher
Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated projections for the 2014 federal budget. CBO reports the 2014 deficit at $492 billion, just shy… Read More
What No One Wants to Admit About Social Security Taxes
It’s a bummer when you see how much income tax comes out of your paycheck. But when you see that Social Security line item, do… Read More
Why the Government Shouldn’t be an ATM
Our federal government is very good at moving money from place to place. In fact, some 70 percent of federal government spending consists of simply… Read More
Washington Post Op-Ed: You Didn’t Pay For That (And She’s Right)
Past and current retirees receive much more in benefits from Social Security and Medicare than they paid into the systems. Absent reform, younger generations will… Read More
End Double-Dipping: An Easy, Bipartisan Step Toward Saving Disability Insurance
A friend calls you and begs for cash to aid in his job search. A minute later, he calls you again and begs for more… Read More
Social Security Disability Insurance Program Requires Immediate Reform
The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust fund is projected to run dry in just two years. Absent legislation to address the disability program’s impending… Read More
Generation X and Millennials Face Retirement Crisis
While social commentators bemoan the impending retirement crisis facing baby boomers, younger Americans should really be the ones worrying, argues Heritage’s Romina Boccia on Next… Read More
Meet the Man Who Got His Dead Mom’s Social Security Benefits for 23 Years
The 2014 omnibus bill contains an increase in funding for running the Social Security Administration (SSA). Maybe now they can stop paying Social Security benefits… Read More
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
Economy News
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
Social Security COLA: How to Improve Accuracy and Stop Excess Spending
Time for some simple math: Which poll will more accurately determine the effect of a change on a whole group—one that surveys three of 10… 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
Economy News
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
Economy News
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
