As Congress debates what could become one of the most deficit-increasing pieces of legislation in modern history, around 50 community leaders gathered this week at Albany State University to do something extraordinary: draft their own plan for the federal budget…
Anyone familiar with the federal budget outlook knows that, along with interest on the national debt, the growing cost of health benefit programs is the main driver of long-term budget deficits. According to the CBO, the cost of Medicare, Medicaid,…
It seems that immigration is never out of the news these days. There is of course the crisis triggered by the surge in asylum seekers arriving at the southern border. There is the backlog of refugee applications. And there is…
By Richard Jackson, Global Aging Institute The aging of America is ushering in a new era unlike any in the nation’s past. For most of its history, America was a demographically youthful society. As recently as 1940, there were…
The aging of the United States threatens to usher in a new era of relentless fiscal pressure, economic stagnation, and growing inter-generational conflict...
By Richard Jackson, Global Aging Institute When it comes to America’s aging challenge, it sometimes seems as if all of the possible policy responses involve painful tradeoffs between higher taxes and lower benefits. While such tradeoffs are unavoidable, there…
This "Guest View" opinion column was originally published on SeacoastOnline.com. When the winner of the 2020 presidential election takes the Oath of Office on Jan. 20, 2021, he or she will assume responsibility for a government that carries about $24 trillion…
