Social Security Straight Up
Apr 28, 2012 at 7:31 am
Live at Rolling Stone re Social Security, touting the benefits and counterattacking the attackers.
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Jared Bernstein’s areas of expertise include federal and state economic and fiscal policies, income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, international comparisons, and the analysis of financial and housing markets.
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The chart about the exhaustion date illustrates that if the middle and working classes do better, the date is pushed back. If they do worse, the date is pushed forward toward our current date.
The Soc Sec system’s viability is tied to the overall economy. That is the most important thing for citizens to understand before we explain details.
If ending Bush’s tax cuts for those earning $250K or more fills most of the gap, there is nothing else really to talk about in terms of cutting benefits is there?