Social Security

A Reuters blogger bucks the Beltway consensus and explains why Social Security isn’t driving the federal deficit. The program itself has built up a surplus worth trillions, which policy-makers have borrowed and spent against for other purposes. But on the same day, other outlets continue to spread Social Security panic.

How will people experience not being able to retire during what, for many, are their "most golden" years?

Plan leans heavily on spending cuts to balance the federal budget — a consequence of the decision to propose limits on the size of the government.

With control of the House of Representatives about to change hands, a recent New York Times article worried over whether Washington's "new power couple," President Obama and presumptive Speaker of the House John Boehner, could get along. And certainly, “working together” and “forging bonds” sound good, in an “everything-I-need-to-know-I-learned-in-kindergarten” sort of way. But it’s not necessarily the case that more comity will produce better outcomes — or, more to the point, who those outcomes will be good for.