Today on TAP: Unpacking the 2020 headcount
Social Security
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s Income-Support Revolution: Don’t Leave Out the Elderly
The supposed three-legged retirement stool of savings, pensions, and Social Security is collapsing.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Appointees Are Sabotaging Biden’s Stimulus Checks
Will he let them sabotage Social Security as well?
Posted inTAP
Another Reason for a $15 Minimum Wage—Social Security
Today on TAP: A minimum-wage hike would boost Social Security tax receipts
Posted inEconomic Policy
Social Security for All
The pandemic has exposed the systemic failures of America’s inadequate welfare state. It’s time to start over.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Mitt Romney Wants to Use the Crisis to Cut Your Social Security
A Bowles-Simpson-style process to cut benefits could end up in the Republican economic relief bill. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 23, 2020.
Posted inPolitics
Mike Bloomberg Compared the AARP to the NRA
He was angered that senior advocates would organize to stop cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. He also praised Paul Ryan.
Posted inPolitics
Biden’s Advocacy for Social Security Cuts Has Had Real Consequences
The proposal for ‘chained CPI,’ a cut to future benefits, during the Obama administration led to its widespread use in other areas of the government.
Posted inPolitics
Is This Man Social Security’s Unlikely Rescuer?
John Larson used a customer service–style approach to get his fellow Democrats aboard a bill to expand Social Security benefits.
