Tag: social security shortfall
Releasing the Social Security Trustees Report a couple of months later than usual always raises the intriguing question that it might include some titillating new information. For better or worse, the 2025 Trustees Report is standard fare. It confirms what has been evident for almost three decades – namely, Social Security is facing a 75-year…
It would be good fiscal policy and, I bet, good politics. Here’s the plan. The President has linked two budget items, and that may be a good idea. He wants to extend his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and provide some other tax breaks, and we need to fix Social Security. The link between…
