Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
Image courtesy of Social Security Administration via Wikimedia Commons President Joe Biden, Congressman John Larsen, and Senator Bernie Sanders have each proposed a plan to expand Social Security. Biden's offers a modest benefit expansion and would solidify the program's finances until 2039; Sanders' and Larsen's bills provide for additional benefits and would secure funding to …
Image: Nick Youngson via Blue Diamond Gallery/Creative Commons 3, http://thebluediamondgallery.com/legal/social-security.html Donald Trump’s obnoxious effort to plant a fifth column of administrative vandals inside federal agencies just before President Biden’s inauguration has been widely reported. The situation at the Social Security Administration is a little different. There, the vandals weren’t installed just lately, but back in …
Continue reading Column: Biden needs to clean house at the Social Security Administration, and fast
President-elect Biden and several Democratic lawmakers all have strong proposals to expand Social Security benefits and raise taxes on the wealthy. The presidential transition may also trigger changes at the top of the Social Security Administration. [Via CNBC] Biden’s Social Security platform includes key benefit increases. Eligible workers would get a guaranteed minimum benefit equal …
