Notch Reform The Senior Citizens League members and supporters tend to be older, less affluent seniors. They are also, to a large extent, Notch babies – those individuals who receive lower Social Security benefits bec ...

Totalization Agreement Social Security Totalization Agreements are designed so that workers and their employers would not be subject to double taxation, owing payroll taxes to both the country in which they work, and th ...

Comprehensive Social Security Reform Long-term solvency of the Social Security program is essential.  In 2010, due largely to the economic downturn and a stagnant recovery, the Social Security Trustees estimated that th ...

COLA - Cost of Living Adjustment For the first time since automatic COLAs were instituted in 1975, Social Security beneficiaries did not receive cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) in 2010 and 2011.  After lobbying for a ...

COLA Fairness  -  TSCL strongly believes that the Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) that seniors are currently receiving does not accurately reflect how they must spend their money.  Our studies and survey ...