For decades, people have fretted about the financial sustainability of America’s bedrock retirement income program. Now, Social Security’s precarious fiscal state is an issue for the here and now.
- How to fix it is set to be a defining political fight of the next several years, with millions of Americans’ benefits and the fiscal future of the United States at stake.
Why it matters: There is a tug-of-war between the benefits future retirees receive and the taxes that working-age people pay. Something has to give, and surprisingly soon.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/29/social-security-trust-fund-2033
A councilwoman in Livonia, Michigan attempting to quietly make an amendment to the city’s retirement ordinance, disguised as “minor housekeeping”
It would backdate her retirement plan to what was offered in the 1980s. She would get a lump sum payment of over $100k and more perks pic.twitter.com/3xQMpJ9WtF
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West Virginia is at the epicentre of a looming disaster over rising insurance premiums as affordability concerns soar
https://www.ft.com/content/beec76df-8e6d-4238-bae2-e51683b62aa4