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Social Security Shortfall Could Be Worse Than Reported
Read moreThe 2019 Social Security Trustees Report estimates the program's trust funds face a 75-year actuarial shortfall of 2.78 percent of taxable payroll...
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Watch: Unpacking the Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a lunch and panel discussion today on Unpacking the Social Security Trustees' Report. You can...
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Social Security Will Start Spending Trust Fund Reserves Next Year
Read moreThe 2019 Social Security Trustees' report reminded us that Social Security faces large and rising imbalances, projecting that the theoretically...
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The Good News on Social Security: We Have More Time to Improve Disability Insurance
Read moreThis week's Social Security Trustees' report warned that the program is on a path toward insolvency, with the theoretically combined trust fund set to...
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Analysis of the 2019 Social Security Trustees’ Report
Read moreThe Social Security Trustees released their annual report today, continuing to show that the Social Security program must address its funding...
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How Old Will You Be When Social Security's Funds Run Out?
Read moreThe Social Security Trust Funds are on a path to run out. Use this tool to find out what you stand to lose unless Washington acts.
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Social Security Only 16 Years From Insolvency
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today, showing the Medicare Part A trust fund will be insolvent in seven years...
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Quick Take: Social Security & Medicare Headed For Insolvency in 16 & 7 Years
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees have released their reports on the financial state of their programs. Both reports show the programs need to...
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GAO: "Federal Government Is on an Unsustainable Fiscal Path"
Read moreThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its long-term budget projections, and, like other forecasts, it projects that debt will...
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Maya MacGuineas & Ed Rendell: Tax Day Trauma: Paying for Our Massive National Debt
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. Governor Ed Rendell is the...
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Why Should We Worry About the National Debt: Questions and Answers
Read more“Why Should We Worry About the National Debt?” describes six important ways that the growing national debt will affect the budget and the economy...
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Why Should We Worry About the National Debt?
Read moreThough the national debt is at a post-war high, the willingness of policymakers to address it seems as if it is at an all-time low. The last two years...