Preserving and strengthening Social Security for Washington State
Via Washington Policy Watch: This post excerpted from Restoring America’s Middle Class Starts with Keeping Social Security’s Promise || Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Working Americans and their employers each pay a payroll tax of 6.2% on the first $106,800 of earnings into Social Security. That dedicated revenue, along with interest from …
Continue reading Social Security’s finances are strong – and have prevented deeper deficits (2/4)
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 …
Via Washington Policy Watch: From Restoring America’s Middle Class Starts with Keeping Social Security’s Promise || Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Social Security is one of the great achievements of American democracy. It provides stable income to fully one quarter of American households – in good economic times and bad. For most …
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