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| | I'm retired, and as such, an important segment of my income comes from Social Security. If you're a retired US citizen, chances are Social Security is important
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| | IN A RECENT TWITTER post, a man claimed that if all the Social Security taxes he and his employers pay were invested instead, he'd accumulate $1.9 million by age 67. That sum could then generate $95,000 in annual income, he added, which is more than his anticipated Social Security benefit. He concluded that Social Security was "theft." Claims like these bother me greatly because they're often widely read and believed-and they're nonsense. Social Security is an insurance program,
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| | [AI summary] The article discusses the financial challenges of Social Security, arguing that the program's shortfall is more due to congressional inaction rather than income inequality, and critiques the simplistic solutions proposed by pundits.
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| President Trump has a $2 trillion hole in his fiscal policy proposals. His numbers don't add up. This creates a conflict between two of hisfiscal policy goals: tax reform and balancing the budget. Let's look at three elements of President Trump's economic policy and how they interact: Last month he proposed tax