According to the new calculations of the Social Security Trustees’ 2012 Report, Social Security’s future costs are a lot bigger than its future income.

The annual Social Security Trustees Report, released on Monday, confirms that the program is significantly underfunded. After decades of delay, Congress and the next president will need to take steps to restore Social Security's finances and improve Americans' retirement income security. Although it might seem counterintuitive, one positive step toward...

A system that lets participants choose between the traditional system and a lower-cost settlement paid in inflation-adjusted Treasuries could ensure the program's solvency.

It is all too clear that the holiday's diversion of general revenue from the Social Security trust fund has undermined historical practices and distorted federal budgetary priorities.

Over the past two decades, the share of working age Americans collecting disability insurance payments has doubled, from 2.3 to 4.6 percent of the population aged 25 to 64, with the largest increases coming among women.

The immediacy of America's fiscal problems presents an opportunity to reform and renew one of the largest expenditures in the federal budget.

Those hoping for Social Security reform, including reforms based on individual savings accounts, should not make the same mistake again.

Let us count the ways in which Social Security is and is not like a Ponzi scheme

Reducing Cost of Living Adjustments by basing them on a more accurate measure of inflation would alleviate the long-term Social Security deficit.

Who you compare yourself with says a lot about who you want to be. A common talking point from the Left regarding the generosity of Social Security benefits isn't entirely honest, but more important, it's indicative of the broader views of American liberals.