Social Security, Trump and Beautiful Bill
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When Americans can no longer trust the information it receives from the Social Security Administration, there's a problem.
Now that congressional Republicans have passed President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill," Trump wants the GOP to sell his agenda to the public.
The Social Security Administration says most won’t pay federal income taxes on their benefits. But Congress didn’t directly exempt those payments from taxes.
Friday morning I opened my email to find a message from Social Security that apparently arrived in my inbox at 1 a.m. The message, which quoted Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano, celebrated the passage of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” and otherwise extolled President Donald Trump. I found this to be shocking and unprecedented.
An analysis by CRFB finds the Senate's One Big Beautiful Bill Act would hasten Social Security and Medicare trust fund depletion, potentially triggering benefit cuts in 2032.
The Social Security Administration circulated an imprecise email about the provisions in the new law. Here’s what it actually does.
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New York Magazine on MSNRepublicans Are Planning Even More Safety Net CutsDays after passing Trump’s megabill, the GOP is already working to claw back funding and jam more cuts through Congress.
Americans really like Medicaid. But they don’t seem to vote based on who supports it or doesn’t.