This week on Facing The Future, @JessicaBRiedl with the @ManhattanInst, explains the role of Medicare and Social Security in budget deficits.

In this week's episode of Facing The Future, we sat down with @ManhattanInst senior fellow @JessicaBRiedl to discuss the financial challenges looming for Social Security and Medicare. Learn more:

NEW: @ManhattanInst senior fellow, @JessicaBRiedl joins the Facing The Future podcast to break down how Social Security and Medicare are victims of their own successes, and both trust funds are headed for insolvency in only eight years. Listen:

New on Facing The Future: @brookings's @mollyereynolds talks on the current state of congressional budget execution: "We're in untested waters . because we're seeing the executive branch really push the boundaries in ways that we haven't seen before.".

"One of the questions about the reconciliation process is, what are its consequences for how we design policy. We’re getting there in some pretty ugly ways that can have consequences for good budgeting practices." @mollyereynolds on Facing the Future.

NEW: Molly Reynolds of the @brookingsinst joined Facing The Future to talk appropriations, the possibility of a government shutdown in the fall, and whether spending power is shifting from Congress to the executive branch. Listen here:

“We saw a little preview of this at the time that the president suggested massive tariff increases. That could be a miniature version of what we might face on a much larger scale," former IN Gov. Mitch Daniels warns of a looming U.S. fiscal crisis:

Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels joined @ConcordC Facing the Future to discuss the federal budget outlook and warned that a fiscal crisis in the United States now seems inevitable. Listen here:

"I’m of two minds about the rescissions package. I like the fact that they followed the law. [. ] On the other hand, they’re targeting foreign aid in a way that’s [. ] not particularly good for the country.” @AEI's Jim Capretta on Facing the Future

Our Executive Director @CarolynConcord is the Weekend Interview on @FederalNewswire, talking about bringing fiscal responsibility to the federal budget process and the need for pragmatic, bipartisan reforms. Read more:

“We're all standing in a hole that's 10 ft underground . trying to figure out how we're going to get out of this mess. And this bill basically says, ‘well, the first thing we need to do is go down 2 more feet.” - @AEI's Jim Carpetta on Facing the Future.

OUT NOW: @AEI's Jim Carpetta joined Facing The Future to discuss the 2025 Medicare Trustees Report, the aftermath of OBBBA, and how federal budget rules are deepening societal differences. Listen here:

While Congress debated one of the most deficit-increasing bills in history, 50 Southwest Georgians gathered to draft a fiscally sustainable federal budget at Albany State with @SanfordBishop and Concord Coalition. Learn more:

NEW: There have been multiple numbers thrown around for the estimated 10-year fiscal impact of the OBBBA. We break down the way the estimated impact changes depending on the various assumptions and scoring conventions used:

“I think, although we criticize lawmakers rightly for not being fiscally responsible, I do think it is somewhat in the back of their minds.” - @kpomerleau of @AEI joins Facing The Future to discuss the potential aftermath of the OBBBA. Listen here:

As the Senate pushes vote-a-rama on their version of the OBBBA, we sat down with @kpomerleau of @AEI &  @dsmitch28 of @equitablegrowth to discuss the bill's large deficit increase and its minimal economic impact. Listen now on Facing the Future podcast:

🚨NEW in @nytimes: @aduehren's latest piece unpacks how the “current policy baseline” masks the true cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts. Read more:

"Using this current policy baseline that the Senate is proposing to use is like apples & bacon. It's not even a different fruit. We're kind of on different planets here." — @andrew_lautz joins Facing the Future this week to talk all things reconciliation

OUT NOW: new Facing The Future episode with Phil Joyce of @UofMaryland diving into:.⚖️ The state of play regarding impoundment.📊 Why the @USCBO matters more than ever.💡 Ideas for meaningful budget reform.Listen now:

"We're losing that special nature of our safety net here . as reflected in the downgrades that we are starting to see. This is not normal and not good." Listen to @BPC_Bipartisan's @gwhoagland on Facing the Future discussing OBBBA & our mounting debt.