…provide those on the commission with an excuse to cut SS funding now even though the actual problem is not until 2030 or beyond? In contrast to your thesis above?…

…of expedited procedure would be a disservice to the American people. Social Security, Currently in Surplus, Is Not Part of the Deficit Problem Moreover, there is no need for hasty…

…of fixed income instruments. Some will default. The principal is likely to note one bond that defaulted and ask the manager why he bought that bond not the similar one…

…of business, and renamed it the Crédit Mobilier. The directors and principal stockholders of this company were virtually the same as those of the Union Pacific. Greatly simplified, the process…

…real challenge to Medicare and Medicaid is used to sell ‘Entitlements Crisis’ so is a problem with DI turned into a crisis for Social Security as a whole. These guys…

…wage gains (which are directly captured by FICA taxes). Instead we are told that real wage increases will decline permanently to an annual 1.0 to 1.1% rate. Table V.B1.—Principal Economic…

…we can address the real world problems. Discussion of Social Security should but mostly doesn’t start with the annual Reports of the Trustees. Each year since 1941 the Trustees have…

…“mortgage modification” program (i.e., reducing the principal on your loan to not more than 90% of the current market value) is an onerous task: He was hoping he could qualify…

…not allow principal reduction, for sure, but they almost never disallow interest rate reduction — or delaying principal payments for a short time. What’s more, Mr. Krimminger said, the servicer…

…found under the fold, yours I guess will just have to come in comments. The answer begins with examination of three tables in the Social Security report: Table V.A1: Principal…