Tag: Rescue Committees

Washington DC Capitol view on cloudy sky

Last month, I got an invitation to a forum on “Trust Fund Solutions,” which means Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) is still pushing his TRUST Act.  One of the bill’s co-sponsors – Senator Angus King (I-ME) – also appeared on the program.  While the Trust Act sounds like a nice benign piece of bipartisan legislation, its…

Person in red jumpsuit running towards an emergency helicopter

Shivers went up my spine when I heard that the TRUST Act might be included as part of additional action on COVID-19.  It sounds like a benign piece of bipartisan legislation, but it could well lead to major cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The TRUST Act would create “Rescue Committees” for any federal government…