Instead of cutting benefits for the retirees who count on Social Security, we need to take bipartisan action to protect those benefits. That starts with a common-sense solution: lifting the Social Security payroll tax cap.
Social Security: the reason for the projected shortfall is the upward redistribution of income over the last half-century; the projected shortfall is far less money than the increase in military spending Trump is requesting for his 2027 budget.
Spanberger was recruited to run first for Congress, then for Governor, by the same anti-union Democratic Party machinery that has helped keep the trade union density in Virginia at less than 5%. Yes, not a typo. Less than 5%.
The assault on cherished social insurance programs is a gift to Democrats, but only if they are clear about how to defend them. Taxing the rich to save social insurance has the further virtue of splitting Republicans, who are divided....
President Trump used an Easter lunch to talk about how we can’t take care of kids or sick people—we can only take care of the U.S. military. His message for his base - Listen here.
Republicans don't need to gut the social safety net again in order to pass Trump's latest series of priorities. But that's not what they'll tell you. GOP will attempt to push SAVE America Act and war funding into new Reconciliation Bill.
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
The anticipated regulation could reduce eligibility for new applicants to the SSDI program by as much as 20 percent overall, and up to 30 percent among older workers, 10% reduction could result in 500,000 people losing access over 10 years.
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Social Security faces a long-term shortfall that would be easy to fix if Republican lawmakers listened to voters. Republican and Democratic voters alike support addressing the shortfall through revenue increases, not benefit cuts.
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