FORUM TOPIC
Social Security
-
A Mechanism to Reduce Spending That Once had Joe Biden’s Support
“When adopted,” then-Senator Joe Biden stated, “it will provide Congress with an essential tool for reviewing the need for Federal programs.”
-
Entitlement Reform: The 800 pound gorilla that’s being ignored in the 2008 campaign
When asked what they would do about fixing entitlement spending, with just a few exceptions, the current presidential candidates quickly retreat into clichés.
-
Hoping for a Medicare Miracle
This year’s Medicare Trustees’ Report once again found the system in trouble. Because of a new law, however, the President now has to do something about it.
-
Ho, Ho, Ho!
When it comes to federal spending, it’s become Christmas all year.
-
An S.O.S. to Keep America’s Fiscal Ship Afloat
New Hampshire Senator’s bill would impose caps and other common sense tools to bring spending under control.
-
Q&A with Alan Simpson
The former Wyoming Senator talks about the politics of the moment and why the plan he coauthored with Erskine Bowles represents the best hope of reducing the debt before it is too late.