Social Security
EconomySocial Security is headed for a day of reckoning, and Congress is running out of time to save boomers. Lawmakers are proposing some hard choices
By Jason MaJune 28, 2026
EconomyThe national debt’s 20-year deadline and baby boomers’ spending problem: ‘a lot of incentive for every generation to try to pass a big bill’
By Nick LichtenbergJune 21, 2026
Personal Finance‘Social Security is on a collision course toward insolvency,’ watchdog says. It hasn’t been this bad since 1983
By Nick LichtenbergJune 17, 2026
InvestingSocial Security faces steep cuts. These senators want to bet on stocks and $27 trillion in debt to save it—but ‘the gamble does not always pay off’
By Jason MaJune 14, 2026
Personal FinanceSocial Security’s 2032 deadline puts a 22% cut on the table — but Washington has way less room to negotiate than 1983
By John W. Diamond and The ConversationJune 12, 2026
By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerJune 11, 2026
Economy‘We are rapidly running out of time’: Watchdog sounds Social Security alarm after 22% cut confirmed for 2032
By Nick LichtenbergJune 9, 2026
North AmericaCrisis, what crisis? Social Security chief says ‘people boo at Yankee Stadium, even when they’re winning’
By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressJune 9, 2026
EconomySocial Security faces a 24% cut in 2032—that’s a $345 billion hit to retirees nationwide, watchdog says
By Nick LichtenbergJune 5, 2026
Economy10,000 Boomers a day, $39 trillion in debt, and no benefit cuts: Bessent stakes Social Security on the Trump economy
By Nick LichtenbergJune 4, 2026
North AmericaSocial Security unraveling: 7,100 workers sacked, performance metrics retired, disability claims falling
By Katie Savin, Callie Freitag, Matthew Borus and The ConversationJune 2, 2026
PoliticsTed Cruz says the quiet part out loud: Trump accounts are Social Security personal accounts as GOP senator reveals ‘dirty little secret’
By Jason MaMay 9, 2026
By Martha SheddenApril 21, 2026
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