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Social Security’s contribution to the overall fiscal gap over the coming decades is smaller than Medicare’s, as the program’s trustees have again made clear in their annual report. If Social Security contributes so much less to the fiscal gap than Medicare, some…

WASHINGTON----With the 2010 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Report scheduled to be released on Thursday, The Concord Coalition today urged lawmakers, the president’s fiscal commission and the public to focus on the report’s projected cost growth of the two largest…

Lollipops became an unexpected point of contention as the President’s fiscal commission turned its attention to Social Security. Barry Anderson, who has been head of budgeting at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said he passed them out to…

Below are several developments we have been following since the last edition of the Washington Budget Report (sign up here) was published. (more…)

New projections released on Friday afternoon by the Obama administration show that the nation’s finances remain in a deep deficit ditch. This was hardly “news,” but it served as a pointed reminder that much hard work needs to be done…

Projections released Friday by the Obama administration show that the nation’s finances remain in a deep deficit ditch. This was hardly “news,” says Concord Executive Director Bob Bixby, but it served as a pointed reminder that much hard work needs…

Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit last week to the United States underscored the important relationship between the U.S. and Britain, both politically and economically.Britain’s new coalition government faces tremendous challenges, many of which are similar to the United States’ problems. …

Below are several developments we have been following since the last edition of the Washington Budget Report (sign up here) was published. (more…)