Progressive Social Security Reform Meets Reality
Republicans learned some hard political lessons from the failure of their 2005 reform push. Now, it’s Democrats’ turn.
We Do Not Need to Expand Social Security
New studies show that retirees are among the richest Americans.
Aunt Becky and the ‘Underpaid Teachers’ Myth
What the college-admissions scandal can teach us about public-school teacher pay.
How the Democrats’ Social Security Plan Could Finance a Tax Cut
If we hike payroll taxes as much as they want to, billions in income-tax revenues are no longer needed.
Why Social Security Expansion May Stiff the Poor
It’s not clear why the nation should levy higher taxes on rich and poor alike merely to reshuffle most of those dollars to middle- and higher-income retirees.
Parental Leave through Social Security: A Response to Critics
The proposal holds up well to various attacks from left and right.
The Washington Post Gets Retirement Wrong
The American retirement system is far from perfect, but a lot of things are going in the right direction.
Would Social Security Expansion Gut the Economy?
Boosting pensions would be bad for Canada’s economy; boosting Social Security would be even worse for the U.S.
On Social Security, Bernie Sanders Is Now the Leader of the Democratic Party
Sanders & Clinton have embraced a completely unserious position on the government’s largest spending program: Social Security.