In a now-deleted tweet, the official White House Twitter account attempted to frame a mandated cost-of-living increase in Social Security checks as the result of President Biden's good "leadership."
Prices rose by 0.4 percent in September, faster than economists expected and indicating that rising interest rates aren't getting the job done.
From cronyist subsidies to an unfair tax code, there are several key fixes Congress could make to better serve the public.
Many conservatives no longer appear to care much for fiscal conservatism.
There is demand for child tax credits, paid family leave, and funding for crisis pregnancy centers but the Rubio-Romney plan is not the answer.
Despite a few encouraging analyses, the numbers just don't add up.
Under current policies, Social Security and Medicare will consume 85 percent of all federal tax revenue by 2050.
The president's new budget plan calls on Congress to tax wealthy Americans' unrealized capital gains.
We must face the reality that the debt does matter.
"Spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs, when we can't even pay for the essential social programs...is the definition of fiscal insanity."
Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, while Republicans occasionally remember they're against big government spending.
Plus, why is no one talking about the Medicare Trustees' entitlement report?
Without policy changes, beneficiaries will receive only 78 percent of what was promised starting in 2034.
The entire federal workforce is required to be vaccinated. So why is the federal bureaucracy still operating as if routine public interactions are a public health threat?
Are you ready for 30 percent cuts in benefits to keep the program alive?
Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.
If social insurance plans had been designed by libertarian-leaning policy mechanics, what might they have produced?
The Congressional Budget Office warns that higher levels of debt will slow economic growth significantly in the years ahead.
A new report from the Social Security Administration expects the program to hit insolvency by 2035. Some experts say it could happen as soon as 2028 if there is a serious recession.
The president promised to protect Medicare and Social Security, America's biggest entitlement programs.
Neither party is serious about reining in spending. This is unsustainable.
The details are reeeaaaaaally sketchy, but here's what we know now.
Politicians need to face the facts about Social Security.
A Soho Forum debate over the trustworthiness of the $3 trillion trust fund
The president's first big rally was a greatest hits show that dodged many of today's biggest issues.
The federal budget situation used to be an emergency. What happened?
"Show me the majority for cutting spending," he says.
When the program becomes insolvent in the 2030s, the inevitable cuts will hit today's workers and retirees.
Being a presidential candidate means never having to say sorry for heavy-handed proposals to limit choice and promise free stuff.
So we're probably only 15 years away from Congress deciding that's a big enough crisis to do something about it.
The 2020 presidential candidate ran on spending cuts, troop withdrawls, and means-testing Social Security while primarying an incumbent Democrat 7 years ago.
Our fiscal problems aren't going away. In fact, they're getting worse.
Is the solution a "fertility dividend" that makes a portion of a person's Social Security benefit dependent on each of their offspring's earnings?
By 2020, interest on the debt will cost more than Medicaid. By 2025, it will cost more than defense spending. And that's just the start.
At this rate we'll get there before the end of the century.
All we have to show for 9 years of economic expansion is record amounts of debt, and all long-term fiscal problems ignored.
Thanks to a design bug in a government transparency website, dozens of social security numbers were mistakenly made public.
Eventually the government will run out of other people's money.
How to reform social security so that it won't bankrupt us.
Medicare will run dry even sooner. Do you trust anyone in Washington to solve this problem?
It's the conservative version of cradle-to-grave welfare.
Abraham Lincoln couldn't have dreamed that 21st-century Americans would still be paying for pensions created under him.
If Congress doesn't address its insolvency issues, payouts will need to be slashed by a quarter starting in fewer than 20 years.
Twenty-five percent of young adults anticipate paying for retirement with Social Security benefits. The number should be zero.
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