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Social Security should cover all workers, including all newly hired state and local government workers.
Congress should improve the Windfall Elimination Provision by utilizing the Social Security Administration’s more detailed earnings records, which include covered and noncovered earnings.
Social Security’s basic floor of income security for future generations should not be replaced by individual private accounts or privatization.
Proposals to ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security should be evaluated for their impact on caregivers.
Social Security benefits should not be garnished, levied, or offset to collect any public or private debts, with limited exceptions for child support, alimony, and victim restitution funds.
Social Security Disability Insurance should continue as a critical wage replacement system for people who are unable to work because of medical impairment and their families.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) must have sufficient resources and staff to ensure stable, effective management of the disability programs.
SSA should collect and report sufficient data to ensure program integrity.
The Social Security Administration should explore options for expanding federal disability benefits. This should include short-term and partial disability benefits.