Tag: Social security financing gap

The Republican Study Committee (RSC) has just released its FY 2024 Budget Protecting America’s Economic Security and once again called for significant cuts to Social Security. The RSC has served as the conservative caucus of House Republicans since its founding in 1973, and it currently consists of 175 of the 222 Republican House members. T…

Introduction President Bush plans to use his political capital to “privatize” a portion of the Social Security program. Whether or not such a change is desirable and the extent to which it solves Social Security’s financing problems will dominate much of the policy agenda over the next few years. This Issue in Brief is intended…