(Washington, DC) – Seventy - nine percent of older Americans think the highest -earning workers should be paying Social Security taxes on all of their wages, just like other workers do, according to recent survey by The ...
Category: Social Security Reform Articles
Two Ways The New President Can Improve Social Security Benefits For Women
By Mary Johnson, editor Roughly 27% of older single women are at high risk of living in poverty, because they have little other income to augment their Social Security benefits. Single women have it worse in retireme ...
Benefit Bulletin: January 2017
Congress, Keep Your Hands Out Of Our Pockets! In today’s climate of toxic partisanship, it’s natural to wonder whether polls and surveys have any real effect on how Congress votes. But your opinion counts a lot more ...
Benefit Bulletin: December 2016
What Social Security Fails To Tell You Can Cost You Dearly TSCL hears from people every day about the adequacy of their benefits. People who began collecting benefits at 62 frequently tell us they were unaware of the ...
Benefit Bulletin: November 2016
Could You Survive A 21% Benefit Cut? The upcoming election has important implications for the future of your Social Security benefits. While voters have heard a great deal from the candidates for months, specifics of ...
Benefit Bulletin: August 2016
78% Of Older Voters Support Strengthening Social Security By Raising Payroll Taxes Voters have opposed benefit cuts in the past as a way to fix Social Security. But TSCL’s new 2016 Senior Survey found that older voter ...
Why Expand Social Security Now? Medicare Costs Taking Bigger Share Of Social Security Benefits
(Washington, DC) –Medicare costs are taking an increasing share of the Social Security benefits of retirees far more quickly than experts predict, according to a new survey from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). Forty- ...
99% of Older Voters Not Happy About Secret Social Security Cuts
What do older voters think about the back-door debt limit deal tactics of using Social Security cuts in exchange for lifting the debt limit? The single biggest government account holding federal debt is the Social Secur ...
Time To Close The Social Security Tax Loophole?
Congress recently enacted legislation that ended two so-called Social Security benefit “loopholes” — known as “file and suspend” and “restricted application.” Details about the changes, which affect some married couples ...
Strengthen Social Security – Close The Social Security Tax Loophole?
Congress recently enacted legislation that ended two so-called Social Security benefit “loopholes” — known as “file and suspend” and “restricted application.” Details about the changes, which affect some married couples ...
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