The same money can't be spent twice. ObamaCare tries to do precisely that, and the government will have to borrow the difference.

How much will Obamacare -- call it the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if you like -- cost over the next 10 years? More than you've been led to believe, reports Charles Blahous of George Mason University's Mercatus Center.

At this event, Charles Blahous will be joined by AEI's Andrew G. Biggs to dissect the competing positions in the current social security debate and offer solutions to resolve their differences.

Even though it is widely believed that Social Security reform is now dead, it is only a matter of time before it makes its way to the top of the legislative agenda again––large financial shortfalls remain, and other problems and inequities still exist. AEI will feature a...

The annual Social Security Trustees Reports have projected for several years that the current Social Security program is not sustainable over the long term under scheduled benefits and taxes. But a number of commentators have suggested that the trustees are too pessimistic in their projections, thereby painting an unnecessarily bleak...

At this event, Representatives Cooper and Wolf will outline SAFE's ability to improve America's finances.

Social Security paid out more in benefits in February than it collected in taxes and interest combined.

The Liebman-MacGuineas-Samwick Social Security plan was independently developed by former aides to President Clinton, Senator John McCain, and President George W. Bush to demonstrate the types of compromises involved in a reform that might be acceptable to policymakers across the political spectrum. The plan would achieve sustainable solvency through progressive...