As French citizens protest a higher retirement age, a similar change could happen in the U.S. Experts say that would mostly affect younger generations.
If Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling soon, the U.S. could default, sending borrowing costs higher and possibly delaying Social Security payments.
Washington’s dizzying debate over the rising costs of huge federal entitlements, record spending, and dangerous debt obscures America’s next and perhaps most difficult challenge: the financing and provision of long-term care.