PoliticsCommentary
Lame ducks never make for good policy. Having passed a lame-duck vote in the House, HR 82, the so-called Social Security Fairness Act of 2023… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I pull the following directly from the summary of the 2024 annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees: The Old-Age and… Read More
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. It’s official: Donald Trump wants to abolish the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Social Security is almost out of money. They… Read More
PoliticsNews
A campaign official for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris acknowledged Wednesday that the vice president is deliberately misleading voters about Project 2025. CNN first reported… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The trustees for Social Security have just issued their annual report. And, as we have learned annually over recent years, the system cannot meet its… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
In just nine years, the oldest Gen Xers will reach Social Security’s normal retirement age of 67. But they will have a rude awakening when… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Social Security trustees released their annual report on Monday, and the outlook is bleak. Social Security has morphed far beyond its original intent, and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It seems many still harbor, or want to perpetuate, the illusion that our Social Security system is not in trouble. Let me quote here from… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A major feature of the House Ways and Means Committee’s “tax bill” is an expansion of the child tax credit. This expansion was necessary to… Read More
