August 13, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut, The Democrats’ Social Security Expansion, And Having Your Cake And Eating It Too” Using general revenues and/or tax hikes on higher earners to fund Social Security, while still claiming that workers earn their benefits fair-and-square? Ugh.
August 9, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Will Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut End Social Security As We Know It? Let’s Hope So.” Could Trump’s “payroll tax loan” spur a re-think of our FICA tax system? I’d be in favor of that.
September 30, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Where Does Trump Stand On Social Security And Retirement? (For Completeness’ Sake)” Trump promises no cuts in Social Security — and not much else, actually.