Tag: Raising Full Retirement Age
Raising the ‘full retirement age’ is not a third option — it is a benefit cut. The debate about Social Security has begun. That’s perfectly appropriate. The system is running a 75-year deficit, and the assets in the Trust Fund, which are temporally filling the gap between revenues and promised benefits, are projected to b…
Improving benefits for the low paid is a noble goal, but all but the very wealthy need the benefits in current law. Why in the world would Republicans put out a plan to dramatically cut Social Security? Even Donald Trump said he wouldn’t mess with the program’s benefits. Yet, the Republican Study Committee’s Blueprint to Sav…
