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

There is cause for concern regarding the viability and health of many state unemployment insurance trust funds, and federal policies to promote job creation are the single most important determinant of solvency.

Many people have recently pointed to the safety and security of Social Security relative to 401(k) plans.

Here is another good news/bad news column about the 112th Congress.

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.

Which politicians do you trust more to micromanage your health care: federal or state? That’s the false choice presented by two versions of “federalism” intended to divide responsibility for health policy between the national government and the states.

Joseph Antos' analysis of Medicare's fiscal crisis and reform options that could make the program sustatainable; a response to a request from 16 health professionals elected to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for public comment on Medicare reform. 

Does the Social Security Trust Fund safely earmark payroll tax revenues for Social Security benefits? Or is the Trust Fund merely an accounting mirage that leads to higher federal spending in the government's unified budget? The answers to these questions are key to the debate about Social...