Normally we don't republish other articles in their entirety, but today in Reuters a blog poston Social Security from financial reporter Mark

In a few short months, Congress will have to vote to raise the federal debt ceiling limit. This is a critical measure

The 112th Congress brought a lot of new faces to the Capitol along with some not- so-new ideas about taxes, spending and

It?s one of the most frequently asked questions we get from seniors and their families tired of the well-financed campaign to sell

Washington?s deficit hawks and Wall Street billionaires have invested an enormous amount of time and resources to convince the American public that

Tomorrow, thousands of Americans nationwide will be asked their opinions on how to bring fiscal sanity back to Washington. National ?town hall

On Friday, the fees that Medicare pays to doctors dropped 21 percent because Congress hasn?t been able to pass legislation to prevent

Apparently, these are the ?good-old days? our nation?s fiscal hawks relish. The Peterson Foundation?s David Walker co-hosted CNBC?s Squawk Box this morning

This is one of the deficit hawk?s favorite frames as they continue to rachet up their campaign to balance our federal books

It appears the GOP Budget philosophy is...if at first you don?t succeed with a failed idea try, try again (and again, and