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Congratulations to all the winners of the 2024 elections! Now comes the hard part.  You have gained the offices you sought, but with that honor you have also taken on the responsibility of governing a nation that finished its last…

Last week the Treasury Department released year-end spending and revenue numbers for Fiscal Year 2024, showing a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion. On the surface, that’s an increase of $138 billion over the 2023 deficit, but the 2023 deficit was…

When it comes to the national debt and its unsustainable path there is plenty to talk about, particularly for those who seek to lead us in the coming four years. During the next presidential term, debt held by the public…

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest long-term projections for the Social Security program. Although these projections are roughly comparable to the Social Security and Medicare Trustees (Trustees) projections released earlier this year, there are important differences.…

During the recent presidential debate, former president Donald Trump said the Biden Administration was destroying Social Security and Medicare by allowing millions of people to pour into our country and collect benefits. It’s true millions of people pour into the…

A majority of young Americans do not believe the country is headed in the right direction, and more than a quarter identify economic factors  like inflation as their primary concern about our future. [1] Millennials (born 1981 to 1996) are…

A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests that if history is any guide, our nation’s debt could become far more burdensome over the next 30 years than projected under current law. That’s an alarming prospect because the…

The latest Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ reports released earlier this week appear to contain a modicum of good news. The trust fund exhaustion dates have been delayed a year for Social Security (2035 instead of 2034) and five years…