Issues · 04
Social Security and retirement
Social Security was always a tax rather than a savings account. That is why it cannot go bankrupt, and why it was never the deal people were told it was.
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Retirement Is Better Than Ever As Retirees Work Longer Than Ever
Whatever We Do, We Must Not Let Congress Reform Social Security
Social Security Is a Political Concept. There’s No Looming “Insolvency”
Social Security Was Always Just An Extra Tax. That’s Why It’s Not “Broken”
Rising Life Expectancy and Soaring Inequality Signal Beautiful Retirement
If We Were Eager to Retire, We Would Have a Lot More Savings
Even If Social Security Were Going Bankrupt (It’s Not), Retirees Wouldn’t Care
We’ll Never Retire For All the Reasons Elon Musk Thinks We May
Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare Protect Us From Much Worse
Falling Prices Enable the Savings That Drive Progress
Americans Grasped the Absurdity of Social Security, and Worked Around It
Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Would Be a Big Government Mistake
In Retirement, Do You Prefer Exposure to Dollars or People?
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