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What Social Security Should Do'and What It Shouldn't
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (271+ words) Join us on May 6th, 2026 at Noon for: Social Security in the Red: Implications for Federal Debt. This is a review of Reimagining Social Security by Sita Slavov that first appeared in Law and Liberty on February 23, 2026. Read it here. Regarding…...
Debt Digest | Entitlement Reform is Pronatalist
1+ week, 3+ day ago (895+ words) The Debt Dispatch Debt Digest | Entitlement Reform is Pronatalist Links & Fiscal Facts Here are this week's reading links and fiscal facts: Retiree's share of federal spending is ten times that of children and young adults. A new Penn Wharton Budget…...
In The Press: How to Win the War on Fraud, Trump's $1, 000 Retirement Match, and Shutdown-Proof ICE
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (720+ words) Jessica Hall reports on President Trump's plan "to create retirement-savings plans for workers who don't have access to one through their employer, offering up to $1, 000 a year in matching funds" for Market Watch. Romina Boccia explains why the plan would…...
You're Invited to Social Security in the Red: Implications for Federal Debt
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (480+ words) Social Security is widely portrayed as a self-financed program with a long-term trust fund solvency problem. That's not the full story. Join me on May 6th at Noon, at the Cato Institute (with lunch to follow) or online, for a conversation…...
To Save Social Security, Stop Subsidizing Wealthy Retirees
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (567+ words) This article first appeared at The Daily Economy, an imprint of the American Institute for Economic Research, on February 11, 2026. Read it here. Social Security is drifting toward a cliff, and Congress keeps pretending the shortfall will fix itself. It won't....
Should Social Security Be Means-Tested? Lessons from Australia and New Zealand
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (644+ words) This is a guest post by Michael Littlewood. Taxpayers shouldn't pay a pension to someone who doesn't need it. Said quickly, that sounds sensible. Why collect tax from producers and employees and deliver a pension to someone who, on any…...
Debt Digest | Medicare's Fiscal Crisis is Getting Worse
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (845+ words) The Debt Dispatch Debt Digest | Medicare's Fiscal Crisis is Getting Worse Links & Fiscal Facts Here are this week's reading links and fiscal facts: CBO's new projections confirm Medicare's fiscal crisis is getting worse. The CBO's February 2026 Budget and Economic Outlook…...
Debt Digest | Medicare Advantage Stocks Tumble as Trump Administration Targets Overpayments
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (874+ words) The Debt Dispatch Debt Digest | Medicare Advantage Stocks Tumble as Trump Administration Targets Overpayments Links & Fiscal Facts Here are this week's reading links and fiscal facts: Medicare Advantage stocks tumble as Trump administration targets overpayments. Pia Singh and Annika Kim…...
Littlewood: Retirement Promises are Claims on the Future
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (785+ words) I do not present this essay because I endorse every conclusion. I publish it because it focuses the debate on fundamentals'economic substance over accounting form, incentives over rhetoric, and tradeoffs over illusions'at a moment when calls to "fix" Social Security…...
How Fiscal and Economic Crises Prompted Retirement Reforms Abroad'and What They Reveal for US Social Security
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (775+ words) The lessons from these international reforms are especially relevant for the United States, as Social Security's finances deteriorate and the costs of delay continue to mount. Delaying reform until the 2032 deadline would make it more likely that lawmakers rely on…...