A Billion Dollar Tweak For Saving Social Security
The author proposes a change to Social Security that he says would enable the program to pay out more in benefits than it is currently projected to be able to do.
The author proposes a change to Social Security that he says would enable the program to pay out more in benefits than it is currently projected to be able to do.
The author says that it appears that the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget has a fundamental misunderstanding of Social Security’s relationship to the federal debt.
The author suggests that the consequences of Social Security will arrive much sooner than the experts are predicting and says that we may actually have to repay the Trust Fund.
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office says that under current law, Social Security benefits would have to be cut 29% beginning in 2030 at the current rate of consumption.
Legislation has been introduced that would make sweeping reforms to Social Security. The author says it would make cuts to the program that would potentially harm older Americans.
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Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has announced an initiative to offset the low COLA that was recently announced for the coming year.
The author says that a drop in gasoline prices is to blame for the very low COLA that was announced for 2017 this week.
The Social Security Administration has announced that the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax will climb 7.3% in 2017.
There will be a COLA increase of 0.3% for federal retirees and Social Security recipients in 2017.