Tag: Entitlement Reform
Social Security Reform Proposal Sparks Political Firestorm
What happens when one of the major political parties suggests the most modest of reforms to the benefits future Social Security beneficiaries will receive?
The...
Biden’s Icy Strategy Seeks To Provoke Our Worst Instincts
Entitlements are back in the campaign news, with Team Biden accusing Team Trump of wanting to cut Social Security.
As Politico reported:
Joe Biden accused Donald...
Diving Into The Election Issue Everyone’s Neglecting
The biggest election issue for 2024 is getting even bigger. It’s the federal deficit, which is expected to balloon to $2 trillion at the...
How Both Parties’ Lack Of Courage Led To Our Current National Security Debacle
While the clock continues to tick on the spending bills Congress should (but very likely won’t) get done by the end of the government’s...
Finally – Some Republicans Treat Entitlement Reform Seriously
A key element of the political theater surrounding the debt ceiling debate back in the spring was the agreement between the two major parties...
The Painful Entitlement Remedy Neither Party Is Willing To Tackle
Congress may have ducked any discussion of entitlement reform in the June budget agreement, but there are a few bills under discussion that intend...
Reasonable Politicians Take Victory Lap. Is The ‘Inevitable’ Still Coming?
Whatever worries political and market observers may have had about the House’s ability to approve the debt ceiling deal were firmly and unmistakably answered...
Debt Ceiling Agreement Exposes Inconvenient Truths For Everyone
House Republican negotiators and the Biden administration hashed out a deal to raise the debt ceiling for two years in exchange for exceedingly modest...
Is Anyone Brave Enough To Fix The Third Rail Of Politics?
It’s not just Social Security the debt ceiling negotiators in D.C. are ignoring. Also off the table is that other massive line item in...
What Speaker McCarthy Must Do To Curb Washington’s Spending Addiction
We have to stop the spending!
This week President Joe Biden is getting together with congressional leaders about negotiating on raising the debt ceiling. Already,...
Republicans Reach An Impasse On Sacred Government Cows
Congressional Republicans and the Biden administration agree on one major portion of the federal budget: The major entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare,...
Republican Budget Proposal Gets Off To Embarrassing Start
House Republicans will probably unveil their version of the federal budget in the next few weeks. As budgets are political documents as much as...
Further Proof Neither Party Cares About Debt
Neither Republicans nor Democrats appear willing to even consider the most modest of changes to the federal government’s programs – Social Security and Medicare....
Kevin McCarthy’s Politically Convenient, Fiscally Reckless Plan
Newly minted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has pledged to use the debt ceiling fight as a means to spur a serious effort to curb...
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