Discussion Guides:

Making Medicare Work in an Age of Exploding Costs
Several powerful trends spell financial trouble for Medicare in the near future.

The Baby Boomers, the Budget and Social Security
Social Security is in trouble and no consensus has emerged on what approach the nation should take to fix it.

Making Sure our Government Manages our Money Responsibly
Bringing the federal debt under control will mean making tough choices, but people will only be willing to make such hard choices if they trust their leaders to act responsibly.

How to Run Our Government Without Piling Up Too Much Debt
In most years in recent memory we’ve spent much more in government programs than we are willing to raise in tax revenues, and the result is a mammoth federal debt.

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A Question of Trust
Research conducted by the Facing Up partners show that the public is willing to make sacrifices to solve the nation's budget problems -- but only if they believe that the government will spend the money wisely. In this forum, let's discuss what the government will have to do to earn your trust.
3650 weeks 5 min ago
by Michael Remaley
Medicare
This may be the biggest long-term financial problem we face. Not only are the baby boomers going to strain the system, but health care costs in general are out of control. Let's discuss what we can do.
241 year 1 week ago
by Michael Remaley
Dealing with Deficits
We have a mammoth and growing federal debt that has now surpassed the nine trillion dollar mark, an all-time record. The yearly interest payment alone on this debt is approaching the 300 billion mark (more than we pay each year for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined) and is rising at a rate of about 20 percent every year. Let's discuss what we can do.
118 weeks 1 day ago
by perkinsms
Facing Us
Tell us how we can make Facing Up to the Nation's Finances better.
2333 weeks 2 days ago
by bhallowell
Social Security
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security, but the financial future of this program is in doubt. This is where we can consider choices and discuss our options.
2220 weeks 5 days ago
by bhallowell
Taking Action
How can the average person make a difference on this problem? We've suggested some possibilities in our Act section. Tell us what you think of the suggestions and share some ideas of your own.
3112 weeks 1 day ago
by Goodomen