Tax Policy Center

Social Security Benefits

: TaxVox
People may disagree about whether to raise taxes or limit the growth of benefits to extend the solvency of the Social Security trust funds. But...
March 6, 2023C. Eugene Steuerle
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Most Social Security reform proposals have focused on one goal: restoring the program’s long-run fiscal balance. Yet under all recent proposed restructurings we have examined—whether...
June 8, 2021C. Eugene SteuerleKaren E. Smith
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
We recently compared Social Security proposals advanced by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and four of his primary rivals.
October 12, 2020Melissa M. Favreault