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Social Security
Posted inEconomy
Income Inequality and the Trust Funds Shortfalls
Both the Social Security and Medicare trust funds face exhaustion by 2033 because more of the nation’s total income goes to the rich, and much of their growing share goes untaxed.
Posted inHealth Care
A Health Care Plan for the Midterms
If I were running for office this fall, here’s what I’d say: Protect families first.
Posted inPodcast
Congress Has Bankrupted America’s Future
Reckless tax and budget policies have stifled upward mobility for young and working-class Americans, says budget expert Eugene Steuerle.
Posted inNovember/December 2025
How the Democrats Can Play Offense
The November/December issue is here.
Posted inMagazine
How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections
The trust fund can be rescued from insolvency without unpopular taxes on workers, and with significant benefit to economic productivity and the security of the middle class.
Posted inPodcast
The New Deal Treasures Slated for Demolition
The pending sale of a historic federal building by Trump could mean the wrecking ball for the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art.”
Posted inBooks
Gray Expectations
Caring for my aging father taught me about the massive holes in America’s safety net for the elderly.
Posted inPolitics
Biden Concedes Nothing in His State of the Union Address
A deft, defiant Democratic president outfoxes the Republicans in front of the nation and smartly stresses antitrust and consumer rights.
Posted inPolitics
Are Republicans Forgetting What Trump Taught Them About Social Security and Medicare?
House GOP ideologues want to use the looming debt ceiling crisis to cut entitlements. Will a weak Kevin McCarthy let them?
