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Maya MacGuineas: Congress, stop ignoring Social Security
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for Dallas Morning News, an...
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OBBBA Would Accelerate Social Security & Medicare Insolvency
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees estimated in their 2025 annual reports on the programs that the retirement and hospital trust funds will...
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Analysis of the 2025 Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today on the financial status of the programs. The Trustees find that both...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2025 Reports
Read moreNote: We have published our analyses of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports. The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their...
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Lawmakers Add $380 Billion to the Debt in the Final Hours of 2024
Read moreWith the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act and the American Relief Act, Congress and the President approved $1 trillion in new ten-year debt...
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Senate Will Soon Vote on Speeding Up Social Security Insolvency
Read moreSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced yesterday that the Senate would vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, which passed the House...
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Typical Couple Will Lose $25,000 of Social Security from WEP/GPO Repeal
Read moreLawmakers are considering the repeal of Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). Not only would...
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Repealing WEP/GPO Would Raise Deficits, Weaken Social Security
Read moreThe House of Representatives will soon vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, legislation which would repeal Social Security’s Windfall Elimination...
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What Would the Trump Campaign Plans Mean for Social Security?
Read moreThe Trump campaign plans would increase Social Security's ten-year cash shortfall by $2.3 trillion, make the program insolvent by 2031, increase...
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Repealing the WEP/GPO Provision Leads to Larger Deficits and Earlier Insolvency
Read moreMembers of Congress recently filed a discharge petition on a bill to repeal Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government...
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$16,500 Cut Awaits Retirees if Social Security Isn't Reformed
Read moreFormer President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have both said they would “protect” the Social Security program. However, neither has...
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Donald Trump's Suggestion to End Taxation of Social Security Benefits
Read moreEarlier today, former President Donald Trump suggested eliminating the partial income taxation of Social Security benefits, which currently helps fund...