Tag: Social Security expansion

Senator Elizabeth Warren addresses crowds with a megaphone outside the Capitol

Senator Warren Calls for a Dramatic Expansion of Social Security Benefits

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September 23, 2019

I love any proposal that puts my preferences clearly in the center.  And Senator Warren did just that with her plans for Social Security.  Just to remind you about Social Security’s finances, the program’s actuaries project a deficit over the next 75 years of 2.78 percent of taxable payrolls.  As shown in Figure 1, this…