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High Inflation Drives 3.6% Social Security COLA
Read moreSocial Security beneficiaries will receive a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2027, based on today’s inflation data. This COLA will be 0.8... -
PWBM Shows Social Security Solvency Would Improve Fiscal Outlook, Boost Growth
Read moreRestoring solvency to the Social Security trust funds could grow the economy and help fix the debt, according to recent estimates of different Social... -
Congress Clarifies Social Security's Retirement Ages
Read moreThe Senate passed the Claiming Age Clarity Act by unanimous consent this week. Having passed the House last December, the bill will now go to the... -
CBO Projects Social Security Nearing Insolvency
Read moreSocial Security’s retirement trust fund will be insolvent by mid-2032, according to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)... -
How Debt Got to 100% of GDP: A From Riches to Rags Update
Read moreSince gross national debt crossed $40 trillion last month – and the more meaningful debt held by the public as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)... -
Marc Goldwein's Responses to Questions on Addressing Social Security Solvency
Read moreOn August 5, 2026, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein testified before the... -
New Analysis Shows Social Security Benefit Taxation Raises Important Revenue
Read moreLast week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report analyzing the current system of taxing Social Security benefits. This is... -
McKenzie Plan Offers Trust Fund Solutions to Social Security’s Finances
Read moreA recent Dallas Morning News op-ed by Pulitzer-winning journalist William McKenzie called on lawmakers to reduce federal deficits to 3% of Gross... -
Senators Cassidy and Durbin Urge Bipartisan Process to Save Social Security
Read moreSenators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) published an op-ed in The Washington Examiner today urging Congress to consider a new, bipartisan... -
Social Security Retirees Receive Far More Than They Paid In
Read moreWith Social Security only 6 years from insolvency, one impediment to the enactment of thoughtful solutions is the myth that Social Security benefits... -
New Polling Reveals Bipartisan Support for Social Security Reform
Read moreThere is broad, bipartisan support for balanced reforms that restore Social Security to solvency, according to the latest set of survey results from... -
New Approaches to Social Security Benefit Taxation
Read moreSocial Security’s retirement fund is on course to go insolvent in just six years; a few months later, Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is...