Tag: Social Security COLA
The speculation seems to start earlier every year. I just got my first press call regarding the likely magnitude of Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2024. This automatic indexing of benefits to keep up with rising prices – always a wonderful feature of our Social Security program – has been particularly valuable over t…
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 Save America, released in June, has a full section devoted to Social Security. I had never heard of the Republican Study Committee (RSC),…
