Tag: Andrew Biggs

icons of taxes, money, and percent signs with a businessman

If Andrew Biggs and I can agree, the shift should have bipartisan support. Andrew Biggs, a conservative economist with the American Enterprise Institute, and I are usually opponents.  Our disagreements go back decades – privatizing Social Security, adequacy of retirement income, compensation of state and local government employees – and just a few weeks ago…

Close up of hands holding a paycheck and envelope at a desk

Two of my friends – Andrew Biggs (“No, Social Security Isn’t Earned”) and Gene Steuerle (“Lifetime Social Security Benefits and Taxes”) are making my brain ache.  They are both arguing that people will get lifetime Social Security benefits far in excess of lifetime contributions, and the “unearned” portion of future benefits should be on t…