A Young Person’s Guide to Social Security is an excellent tool for teaching students and younger workers how the system works and what’s at stake in the struggle over Social Security’s future. But big money is behind “Understanding Fiscal Responsibility,” a competing curriculum that can’t hide its deep ideological bias. The Social Security wars are [...]
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The Tax Expenditure Debate
Now that the midterm elections are over – and I’ll have more to say about the results next week – Washington is getting back to its endless debate concerning what’s to be done about the deficit and the national debt. Tax expenditures have become a popular target, at least potentially. But there are tax expenditures [...]
Progressive Indexing Is Ryan’s Dilemma
It’s ironic that a deficit commission empaneled by a Democratic president is – reportedly – leaning toward the same approach to restructuring Social Security that contributed to the fall of Republican ascendancy in 2005. But that’s reportedly the case, with low-income workers actually to enjoy a slight increase in benefits, demonstrating the commissioners sensitivity to [...]
