Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
From Washington Policy Watch: In 1983, the so-called "Reagan Reforms" made some big changes to Social Security including eliminating the survivors benefits for college students, boosting the payroll tax, and raising the retirement age from 65 to 67. As a result, anyone born after 1960 must now wait until age 67 to receive their full …
Continue reading The Social Security retirement age: Who’s really living longer?
From Ten Reasons Not to Cut Social Security Benefits: The main argument for hiking the Social Security retirement age—which amounts to an across-the-board benefit cut of about 7 percent for each year it is raised—is that average life spans are increasing. But longevity improvements are highly concentrated among upper-income and well-educated Americans. Over the past …
Continue reading Average life expectancy increasing – but for whom?
From the Alliance for Retired Americans: Many older women enter retirement with fewer economic resources than men. In 2009, half of older women relied on Social Security for 80% or more of their income. This exclusive reliance on Social Security is partly due to the fact that only a small percentage of older women receive …
Continue reading Why Social Security is so important for women’s economic security
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