by jpitney | Apr 2, 2023 | Social Security
From the Social Security Administration: The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined asset reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance...
by jpitney | Sep 1, 2021 | Budget, Debt, Social Security
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget sums up the annual report of Social Security trustees: The Social Security program is only 13 years from insolvency, and action must be taken promptly to prevent an across-the-board benefit cut for many current and future...
by jpitney | Dec 3, 2019 | Civility, Congress, Reagan, Social Security
At LegBranch,com, Philip A. Wallach recalls the “Gang of Nine” negotiations that led to the rescue of Social Security in the early 1980s. Nine was a small enough number to allow absolute secrecy in negotiations, as well as an intimate setting, in the home...