Mortgaging Our Children's Future.

Although the Center for Strategic and International Studies' primary focus is on global strategic issues, it has long been concerned about the challenge of rising entitlement costs. In 1999, our National Commission on Retirement Policy issued the first -- and still one of the precious few -- bipartisan plans for Social Security reform. The CSIS decision to wade into the debate stemmed in part from its recognition that the aging issue is in fact one of the greatest strategic issues of the 21st century. How America handles it will affect the strength of our economy, the stability of our society, and even our geopolitical stature.

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