As we have discussed numerous times, the Social Security program is on an unsustainable path, and its combined trust fund will be depleted within the...

The release of the Social Security Trustees Report just two weeks after CBO released its long-term outlook gives us a good opportunity to compare how...

In a letter to the editor submitted to The New York Times, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas rebutted NYT columnist Paul Krugman on his criticism of Sen...

In his blog this weekend, Paul Krugman suggested the cost of waiting to address our mounting national debt is relatively minor. He asks “why, exactly...

The Social Security Trustees Report showed a largely similar outlook compared to the report last year, though it was slightly worse. Trust fund...

The recent CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook confirmed that our long-term debt problems remain far from solved, with debt projected to exceed the size of...

On Tuesday, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event titled " Decoding the Social Security Trustees Report" to discuss the...

In late May, Representatives Tom Cole (R-OK) and John Delaney (D-MD) introduced the Social Security Commission Act of 2014, reflecting a bipartisan...

Last night, the Senate passed legislation extending highway funding through December and offsetting the cost with a number of deficit reduction...

We have already released our analysis of the 2014 Social Security Trustees' report, which showed that the program's long-term finances are largely...