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The House recently passed the Social Security Fairness Act, which would expand benefits for public-sector workers and their ...

Public sector workers are anxiously waiting to see if the Senate will vote to finally eliminate provisions that cut their ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which would increase benefits for 2.8 million retirees, has bipartisan support but time ...

If the US does not figure out a way to get Congress to do something responsible here,’ Weimar-type inflation could be ahead ...

The House approved the bill and ultimately reversed the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset ...

Social Security is very popular with Americans. Large majorities of Democrats and Republican like the program and want it to ...

Two Tax Notes contributing editors examine the history of taxing Social Security benefits and former President Trump’s ...

A bipartisan bill called the Social Security Fairness Act has the approval necessary to reverse two provisions lowering ...

Furthermore, they note that the federal poverty threshold for single individuals is $1,170 per month, so this solution wouldn’t force any recipients below that line. Biggs and Shapiro estimate that ...

A shortfall in Social Security funds was already projected as late as 2035, afterwhich there would be a reduction in benefits ...