Social Security
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Maya MacGuineas: Social Security is in trouble. Most candidates won’t admit it.
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Is Life Expectancy Really Falling?
Read moreDuring the fifth GOP presidential primary debate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis argued against raising the Social Security retirement age because...
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Where Do the Candidates Stand on Social Security?
Read moreIn less than ten years, Social Security’s retirement trust fund will be insolvent. Under the law, this will trigger an immediate 23 percent cut in...
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Payroll Taxes Fall Short of Paying for Social Security and Medicare
Read moreIn a recent New York Times opinion piece which keyed off a recent analysis from Karen Smith and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board...
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Marc Goldwein and Chris Towner: Social Security Can’t Grow Its Way Out of Trouble
Read moreMarc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Chris Towner is policy director...
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Can Social Security Be Saved by Selling America’s Oil & Gas Reserves?
Read moreIn a town hall hosted by Fox News, former President Donald Trump suggested that America’s fiscal problems – and specifically Social Security’s looming...
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Can Economic Growth Save Social Security?
Read moreWhen asked whether they would support raising the Social Security retirement age to avert insolvency during last Wednesday’s Republican presidential...
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Social Security Reform Can Boost Incomes, Grow the Economy
Read moreAccording to recent estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), restoring Social Security solvency through blunt changes could ultimately...
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Senate Budget Committee Holds Hearing on Raising Revenue to Save Social Security
Read moreOn July 12, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing titled " Protecting Social Security for All: Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share" to...
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Retirees Face a $17,400 Cut if Social Security Isn't Saved
Read moreAs the 2024 presidential campaign ramps up, candidates are facing pressure to pledge not to touch Social Security. While this pledge is framed as...
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The Case for Raising the Social Security Retirement Age
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s Marc Goldwein recently appeared on the “Open to Debate” podcast to discuss the benefits of raising...
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Restoring Trust Fund Solvency Would Reduce Long-Term Debt Growth
Read moreRestoring solvency to the major trust funds would reduce one-half to four-fifths of the projected debt-to-GDP growth over the next three decades. The...