With Social Security’s 90 th birthday approaching, The New York Times (NYT) published an article this week alleging “ 6 myths ...

There are also a variety of health-related policy options available to offset any extension, including many outlined in our Budget Offsets Bank and discussed below. Importantly, estimates are ...

The gross national debt of the United States reached $37 trillion yesterday according to the U.S. Treasury. Gross debt had been held roughly constant at around $36.2 trillion since January after the ...

On August 7, the Trump Administration finalized a new set of “reciprocal tariff rates” that generally range from 10 to 41 ...

The federal government borrowed $1.9 trillion over the past year – August 2024 to July 2025 – based on estimates from the ...

Pay-As-You-Go” or PAYGO rules and laws require offsets for new tax cuts and mandatory spending so they do not add to the debt ...