The 2018 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Reports are expected to be released within the next few weeks. In anticipation of this, two former public trustees have issued a preview that includes a list of items to watch for. Charles…
With some fanfare, the Trump administration has sent Congress a rescission request that would cancel $15.3 billion of “budget authority” that was granted to executive branch agencies in past legislation. The administration and some in Congress have touted this proposal as…
Congress and the Trump administration could save tens of billions of dollars by acting to improve efficiency and effectiveness in dozens of federal programs that range from Medicare to military purchasing to storage of radioactive waste, according to the Government…
As Congress and President Trump agreed in the last few months to dramatically increase federal borrowing, there have been a lot of breezy assurances that rapid and sustained economic growth will take care of everything. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office…
