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After spending last week at the Republican National Convention, the Fix the Debt Team is taking up residence in Charlotte for the Democratic National...

Social Security trustee Charles Blahous has a interesting new commentary on the long-run sustainability of the Social Security program. The combined...

The final night of the Republican National Convention was an eventful one, featuring speeches from the likes of former Gov. Jeb Bush (FL), Sen. Marco...

We have talked before about the long run unsustainable growth of our health care spending. But when it comes to controlling Medicare and Medicaid...

Continuing our Updates From the Convention series, we head into the final night of the Republican National Convention. No doubt the speech to watch...

Last night featured an all star cast of speakers, from Vice Presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to former Secretary...

The New York Times' "Room for Debate" this week takes on our federal debt with a forum entitled " Is the Deficit Urgent, or a Distraction?" Writing in...

Continuing our Updates from the Conventions series, we look forward to tonight's convention schedule, packed with some of the biggest names in the...

Fitch Ratings Managing Director David Riley appeared yesterday on Bloomberg Television, suggesting that the fiscal cliff could threaten the U.S.'s AAA...

Our Fix the Debt team has been meeting all different kinds of concerned citizens in Tampa at the Republican National Convention. Many people we have...

After some hurricane-related delays, the Republican National Convention began yesterday in Tampa. We have our Fix the Debt team on the ground (see...

The RNC Convention is now fully in session after a weather related recess Monday and the Fix the Debt team is already in place to ensure fiscal...