Tag: Social Security 2100 Act
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It has temporary benefit increases, is greedy on the COLA, and overreaches on revenues. The original Social Security 2100 Act,released in 2019 by Congressman John Larson (D-CT), then Chair of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, was terrific. The legislation retained, and even slightly enhanced, benefits and substantially increased revenues to cover…
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It also avoids the potential pitfalls of making benefit improvements temporary. Representative Al Lawson (D-FL) recently proposed a piece of Social Security legislation, which has been scored by SSA’s Office of the Chief Actuary. The Lawson proposal is the second major Social Security bill in a month, following Representative John Larson’s (D-CT) Social Security 2100:…