[Economic Opportunity Institute] Social Security improves the economic security of more than 1.3 million Washington residents and their families, and contributes significantly to economic stability and growth across the state. While it is currently on sound fiscal footing, federal lawmakers should act now to remove Social Security’s cap on taxable earnings, raise benefits and make …

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Photo courtesy of AFP Even the worst-case scenario shows that the program will still pay out benefits. [Portland Press Herald] I have good news for younger generations worried that they won’t be able to claim their Social Security benefits because we older generations have ripped them off and will be leaving nothing behind: Your fears …

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During the 1950s-1960s SSA published a series of comic books on Social Security-related topics, in an effort to reach the youth audience, which in those days used comic books as their hottest medium of communication. This comic is from 1956. Original: https://www.ssa.gov/history/john56.html [The Hill] I’m one of the youngest Millennials, born in 1995. Every day, …

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