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The Future of America's Entitlements


Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later

At that point, the initial benefits for future retirees at the taxable maximum would be ... The American Academy of Actuaries is a 19,500-member ...

The Debt Ceiling and Health Care Entitlements - JAMA Network

That vision is wholly unrealistic. Widening inequality in income, wealth, and life expectancy mean that many individuals in the US in their 50s ...

Why Is Social Security Running Out of Money? - Investopedia

Fewer workers are left to contribute toward the benefits of each retiree as Baby Boomers retire and the U.S. population ages. Social Security's retirement ...

Oxfam - Fighting Inequality to End Poverty & Injustice | Oxfam

Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. Join us and let's build a more equal future—together.

The Five Stages of Entitlement Grief - John Gustavsson - The Dispatch

Some Americans are loath to recognize that reality, while others cope by suggesting unrealistic proposals or with cynicism about the future. In ...

Editorial: Medicare and Social Security aren't getting any more solvent

The rhetorical war between the right and the left over the future of America's safety net programs for its seniors is getting hotter as the presidential ...

Do Republicans Want to Cut Social Security and Medicare? - Time

Yet the boisterous back-and-forth between Biden and congressional Republicans during his State of the Union speech suggests that the future of ...

The United States of Entitlements - Hoover Institution

On the whole, the American Founders agreed with these critics of democracy. ... Fearing this outcome, the founders created a republican mixed ...

Young Americans Face Bleak Tax Future - Newsweek

Experts have warned that taxes to fund essential retirement, disability and healthcare provisions like Social Security and Medicare are likely to grow in the ...

The Perfect Demographic Storm: Entitlements Imperil America's Future

The Perfect Demographic Storm: Entitlements Imperil America's Future. By Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Scott Burns March 19, 2004. In less than a century, the ...

Social Security and Medicare Benefits and Taxes: 2023

Among past positions, he was deputy assistant secretary of the US. Department of the Treasury for Tax Analysis, president of the National Tax Association, and ...

Social Security Isn't an Entitlement | Congressman John Larson

It's the insurance Americans have paid for to fund retirement, disability, and survivor benefits through a lifetime of work.

How entitlements like Social Security and Medicare got so big

Nearly half of those trillions go to just three programs: Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. These are the biggest of the so-called ...

Poll: Voters Say Ignoring Social Security's Approaching Insolvency ...

Entitlement reform has long been considered a third rail of American politics, even as the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare creeps ...

The Impact of Immigration on Social Security and Medicare

Given these differential effects, could expanding immigration allow the U.S. to avoid tax increases and spending cuts when addressing the long- ...

Social Security in the United States: Overview and Outlook.

Source: OECD (2005c), and American Academy of Actuaries (2004). Benefits may be drawn as early as age 62, but a worker claiming benefits before the FRA have ...

2024 Republican Party Platform - The American Presidency Project

The only thing holding them back is the suffocating policies of the Democrat Party. Our America First Economic Agenda rests on five pillars: ...

Hollow Arguments on Military Entitlements - The Ripon Society

Most Americans – and veterans like me – would agree we should provide generous benefits for those who serve. Yet this level of benefits is unsustainable. In ...

Trustees Report Shows Grim Future for Social Security, Medicare

A new book, “On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff,” shows how the U.S. can move away from the crumbling patchwork of unsustainable ...

Economic growth boosts Social Security and Medicare - Politico

... entitlements. Trump has generally bucked traditional conservative ... for future retirees and lowering benefits for high-earning Americans.