Financial Doomsday Clock Is Ticking for Medicare, Social Security
j4p4n, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Adam Andrzejewski for RealClearInvestigations Topline: It will take an extra $175.3 trillion to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for when today’s children reach old age, according to OpenTheBooks’ analysis of the nation’s latest financial report. Key facts: The Treasury Department projected spending over the “infinite horizon,” or the lifetime of everyone in the […]