Another year, another edition of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Board warning that our entitlement programs are on an unsustainable trajectory. Unfortunately, most of the headlines and commentary refer … READ MORE
Entitlements
Official Report from the Federal Government Declares U.S. Fiscal Policy “Unsustainable”
Last week, the Trump Administration released “The Financial Report of the Federal Government,” an annual report from the Department of Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that … READ MORE
Restoring Trust in Federal Trust Funds
For young Americans, there are few things you can trust less than a federal trust fund. Hundreds of trust funds have been set up by Congress over the years to … READ MORE
The 2010s Were a Decade of Endless Spending. What Will the 2020s Be?
It is an unfortunate commentary on the past decade that Americans concerned with the state of the nation’s finances have few heartening reflections to look back upon. A decade that … READ MORE
Death and Tax Dollars
When you are dealing with an enterprise as large as the federal government, mistakes in payments are bound to happen, but at what point does a preventable mistake become negligence? … READ MORE
Political Enemies Will Have to Work Together to Save the Republic
This morning, millions of Americans are wondering what the new Congress will be able to accomplish now that Democrats control the House while Republicans control the Senate. The country is … READ MORE
A Look At America’s Future Voter
Since the mid-1800s, Americans have embraced the two party system. Republicans and Democrats battling for political power every two, four, and six years. But before the time of the two … READ MORE
The Danger Debt Poses to Children’s Programs
This August, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) released a paper exploring how the federal budget process disadvantages children's programs. The CRFB found some major ways in which … READ MORE