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The Social Security COLA for 2017 Has Been Announced
Read moreToday the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits next year will be 0.3...
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Three Takes on Reforming Social Security
Read moreThough neither major party presidential nominee has offered a plan to shore up the Social Security trust funds, prompt action is needed to prevent...
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Gene Steuerle: Social Security Must Be Fair for Everyone, Not Just Retirees
Read moreNo one should assess Social Security policy in isolation.
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Tim Penny: Clinton and Democrats Need to Address Social Security
Read moreTim Penny is the president and CEO of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a former congressman from Minnesota, and a co-chair of the...
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Sizing Up Social Security's Solvency Challenge
Read moreSocial Security faces a large shortfall between scheduled benefits and dedicated revenue, and the program is currently on a path toward insolvency...
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Marc Goldwein: Five Social Security Plans That Really Would Help Make America Great Again
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote a guest...
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Gene Steuerle: The 'Save Our Social Security Act of 2016': A Major Step Toward Reform
Read moreWithout fanfare, a bipartisan group of Representatives has introduced a bill that could bring Social Security’s finances close to long-term balance.
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Long-Term Budget Outlook Underlines Trouble Ahead for Social Security
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook release came with updated projections of the 75-year solvency of Social Security...
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Rep. Ribble Releases Legislation to Make Social Security Solvent
Read moreRepresentative Reid Ribble (R-WI) along with a bipartisan group of cosponsors released the Save Our Social Security Act today, a bill which would make...
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Statement by Maya MacGuineas on Introduction of the Save Our Social Security Act
Read moreRep. Reid Ribble and the co-sponsors of the Save Our Social Security Act deserve huge praise for putting forward a serious and responsible plan to...
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Social Security May Be In Worse Shape Than Trustees Suggest
Read moreThe Social Security Trustees made their projections last week showing the program's sizeable shortfall and its trust fund's insolvency date, but there...
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Maya MacGuineas: Social Security: focus on solvency first
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an op-ed that...