Tag: Donald Trump
It would be good fiscal policy and, I bet, good politics. Here’s the plan. The President has linked two budget items, and that may be a good idea. He wants to extend his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and provide some other tax breaks, and we need to fix Social Security. The link between…
The cuts aren’t unreasonable, but could make it hard to hire talented people. I’m always on the lookout for proposed policies that affect pensions, and the president’s fiscal 2019 budget includes a number of proposals to reduce retirement benefits for federal civilian workers. The bulk of federal civilian workers are automatically covered by a defined-benefit plan –…
