Concord Coalition says that President Bush's Benefit Proposal is a Positive Step in the Social Security Debate

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Bush's suggestion to reduce Social Security's long-term cost by ...

There is No Free Lunch

Nothing sounds better to a politician than the prospect of fixing a problem without anyone having to give ...

Concord Coalition Reminds Lawmakers that when Tackling Social Security there is no "Free Lunch"

WASHINGTON -- As the Senate Finance Committee holds their hearing to evaluate different plans to fix Social Security, ...

A Real Fix for Social Security Requires An Increase in National Saving

As the population ages in the coming decades, growing expenditures for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other public ...

Social Security's Financial Problems: How Should We View Them?

One of the most confusing things about the current Social Security debate is the many and sometimes divergent ...

Concord Coalition Warns that Focus on Trust Fund Solvency Ignores the Key Long-Term Issues

WASHINGTON -- With today's release of the 2005 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, The Concord Coalition stressed ...

A "One Percent" Tax Increase Will Not Fix Social Security's Problems

   The Social Security payroll tax, better known to workers as FICA (or SECA for the self employed), is ...

Concord Coalition says that Deficit Outlook Justifies Return to "Pay-As-You-Go" Rule for Tax Cuts and Spending

WASHINGTON -- As the House and Senate debate their respective versions of the Fiscal Year 2006 budget ...

Social Security's Trust Funds Mask the Problem

Some commentators have suggested that the financial problems confronting Social Security are overblown because the large balance building ...

Reform Should Not Wait For a Crisis

It is often said that our political system only responds to a crisis.  If that is true, we ...

The Presidents FY 2006 Budget: As significant for what it omits as for what it includes

Concord Coalition Warns That President's Budget Omits The Cost Of Major Initiatives

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Bush's fiscal year 2006 budget takes an appropriately hard ...