Tag: Social Security finances
The brief’s key findings are: The 2023 Trustees Report showed a slight increase in the 75-year deficit and the depletion of the retirement trust fund moved up to 2033. The prospect of a 23-percent benefit cut only 10 years away should focus our attention on restoring balance to the program. The “Missing Trust Fund,” a result of…
Improving benefits for the low paid is a noble goal, but all but the very wealthy need the benefits in current law. 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 Sav…
