Tag: Social Security

Smashed piggy bank

It involves equities in a trust fund, but our trust fund is headed to zero.  Apparently, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is working with Senator Angus King (I-ME), who caucuses with the Democrats, to craft a bipartisan solution to fix Social Security.  Their plan involves creating a fund outside of Social Security that could be invested…

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It’s not unusual for Black and Latino children to live with their grandparents, who are either the primary caregivers or members of a multigenerational family. And just as the grandparent is integral to the family unit, so are the Social Security benefits the grandparent receives and contributes to the household. The poverty rates in families…