
Why Are Libertarians Squishy on Social Security?
• https://www.fff.org, by Jacob G. HornbergerIt has long been an article of faith for some libertarians to be squishy when it comes to Social Security.
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It has long been an article of faith for some libertarians to be squishy when it comes to Social Security.
It is often said that America's Social Security system is a Ponzi scheme. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The 2024 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for Social Security recipients is likely to be a fraction of what it was in 2023 and a disappointment to many seniors, according to a nonpartisan seniors group, which found that some eight in 10 reti
The structure of Charles Ponzi's scheme must have impressed the policy makers coming of age in the 1930s, because they would use the same structure for the nation's new Social Security system.
The morality of it aside, Social Security was probably a good deal for the first two or three generations that were forced to pay into it...
THEY WANT TO DESTROY YOUR RETIREMENT! - SOCIAL SECURITY TO RUN OUT BY 2033? - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!
The Social Security trust funds that pay for the benefits of 67 million Americans are now expected to run out in 2033, a year earlier than previous projections.
Social Security's largest trust fund is on track to deplete its reserves as soon as 2033, according to a Friday report from the program's board of trustees.
In the prospective 2024 nominating contest, some GOP wannabes are serving up straight talk about the need to fix Medicare and Social Security, even though Donald Trump banished entitlement reform from Republican doctrine in 2016.
When banks disappear… and your money with it. In 2020 they took your jobs, your businesses, your freedom of speech and freedom of movement. Now they're coming for your social security, your pension, your house.
Maybe you listened to the Orange Man's speech at CPAC the other day. I stopped listening after about ten minutes, which is about how long it took for the man to defend Social Security – and promise to keep it going.
Ever wonder how many millions they saved by killing off so many of our elders? Life expectancy is also going down, and they wanna raise full benefits to 70?
The real tragedy of Socialist Insecurity is just that.
After French protestors took the street to complain about the increase in the retirement age, I read quite a few jokes in social media about how protesting in France is the local pastime.
Social Security under threat: Major trust funds could run out of money by 2033 as US population gets older and the 'baby boomer' generation retires
International Man: The Social Security Administration recently announced an 8.7% cost of living adjustment for next year. That's the largest increase in over 40 years.
International Man: The Social Security Administration recently announced an 8.7% cost of living adjustment for next year. That's the largest increase in over 40 years.
Less than an hour after US core CPI surged to 40-year highs, the Social Security Administration announced that benefits for around 70 million Americans will increase 8.7% in 2023.
Investigative journalist Lara Logan spoke Saturday in Arizona on a voter integrity panel.
Social Security has a problem. As Democrats push to expand entitlements to include free preschool and subsidized child care, little attention is getting paid to Social Security is a financial trainwreck.
Just When Social Security Was About To Collapse A Half Million American Retirees Died Prematurely Of COVID-19. That Saves ~$48.5 Billion. Was This All Pre-Planned?
Biden will give around 70M retirees a 5.9% boost in Social Security payments in the biggest cost of living adjustment in 39 years - to keep up with rampant inflation under his administration
2034 Fiscal Cliff
The Consumer Price Index (CPI); a bogus measure of inflation