Six Years From the Cut, Congress Won't Touch the Fix
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The 2032 deadline is on the wall. The hand reaches for the commission.
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Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- Social Security, United States Congress, Tim Kaine, Bernie Moreno, Elizabeth Warren, Tom Cole, Tom Suozzi, Bernie Sanders, Ron Wyden, Donald Trump, Martin O'Malley, Shai Akabas, Andrew Biggs, Bipartisan Policy Center, American Enterprise Institute, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- Themes
- Social Security insolvency, Bipartisan fiscal negotiations, Payroll-tax policy, Entitlement reform, Congressional legislative procedure
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, Truthfulness