Tag: social security budget
The program needs more money, but not because it increases the deficit. The Concord Coalition, one of a number of federal budget watchdog groups, has been driving me crazy of late. The repeated message is that our deficits are too high, and therefore we have to do something about Social Security and Medicare. They attempt…
Let’s stop cutting its operating budget. Headlines on CNN characterized Social Security’s disability process as “broken.” That assessment is heartbreaking, but also the result of purposeful neglect. For those who view government as an intrusion, the strategy has been to frustrate people where they interact with government. And most people interact with the federal government…