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Social Security should cover all workers, including all newly hired state and local government workers.
Congress should improve the WEP by utilizing the Social Security Administration’s more detailed earnings records, including 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.
Under current law, Social Security benefits cannot be garnished to repay private debts, either secured or unsecured. Secured debts include loans like private mortgages.
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 re
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) covers most people who work and pay Social Security taxes.
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) faces significant administrative challenges.
Social Security Disability Insurance should continue as a critical wage replacement system for people who are unable to work because of a medical impairment and