Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
From the National Academy of Social Insurance: By Alex Stone, Communications Manager, Economic Opportunity Institute At NASI’s 2011 annual conference, the session “Should We Adopt the Social Security Recommendations of the Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs?” demonstrated the complexity of the Social Security reform debate. Charles Blahous, a Social Security trustee, argued in favor of adopting the …
Continue reading Improving Social Security’s Benefits is Critical to Economic Recovery and Security
From the Huffington Post: By Robert Reich New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican presidential hopeful, says in order to "save" Social Security the retirement age should be raised. The media are congratulating him for his putative "courage." Deficit hawks are proclaiming Social Security one of the big entitlements that has to be cut in …
Continue reading Social Security is fine for at least 26 years – here’s the permanent fix
Few Americans pay into Social Security thinking they won't live to see some benefit from it when they retire - but if Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has his way, that would actually be the case for millions of people. American workers pay 6.2% of their paycheck into Social Security (well, 4.2% until the recent payroll …
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