jchoi's blog

Anyone who's even remotely following the narrative impact of our current economic woes on the deficit should be well aware that our government is living way beyond its means. And in fact, it was living way beyond its means in debt and liabilities even before this economic crisis began.

Media pollsters of late have noted the remarkable uptick in public optimism about the economy since President Obama's inauguration.

More bad news has emerged from last week's Congressional Budget Office report: the surplus in the Social Security trust fund is now expected to dramatically dwindle next year -- about seven years faster than in the CBO's projections issu