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CRFB Floats “Break Glass Plan" for Next Economic Shock
Read moreWith our national debt currently at 100 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), America has never entered any kind of economic emergency as indebted... -
Gross National Debt Reaches $38 Trillion
Read moreThe gross national debt of the United States reached $38 trillion yesterday, according to the U.S. Treasury. This comes little more than two months... -
Saving the Trust Funds: New Solutions for Social Security and Medicare
Read moreOn October 22, 2025, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted Savings the Trust Funds: New Solutions for Social Security and Medicare, an... -
A Social Security COLA Cap
Read moreSocial Security is rapidly approaching insolvency. The retirement trust fund is seven years from exhaustion, and the theoretically combined trust... -
Treasury Confirms $1.8 Trillion Deficit in FY 2025
Read moreThe United States borrowed $1.8 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury Department... -
An Employer Compensation Tax for Social Security and Medicare
Read moreThe Social Security retirement and Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust funds are approaching insolvency, with both trust funds expected to be... -
CBO Estimates 2025 Deficit Totaled $1.8 Trillion
Read moreThe federal budget deficit totaled $1.8 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, based on estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), roughly... -
Court Blocks CMS Ability to Recover Overpayments from Medicare Advantage
Read moreOverpayments in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program continue to be a significant problem for the federal government, and the problem may have just... -
Maya MacGuineas and John Kasich Discuss the National Debt
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently joined John Kasich, former Congressman and Governor of Ohio and a member... -
Reopen the Government Without Adding More Debt
Read moreThe federal government has been operating under a shutdown since the beginning of the month. Although the government continues many of its core... -
CBO Estimates $1.8 Trillion Deficit for Fiscal Year 2025
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget deficit in its Monthly Budget Review... -
It's Time for Trust Fund Solutions
Read moreSome of the nation’s largest and most important programs are financed through government trust funds that collect dedicated revenues and then...