Social Security is not overly generous. Social Security hasn't gotten too big when it comes to what it provides to Americans.
Congress needs to act, and the sooner we do so, the sooner we can protect those who are most vulnerable.
I don't think any of us up here--on this side, anyway--want to raise taxes. But we will have to see what falls out.
And the reality is that today we have a system that has never failed the American public.
I agree with your last statement, wholeheartedly.
It does disturb me that some of the proposals we see from my Republican colleagues call for nothing but cuts to the bene...
I do believe, Mr. Chairman, like you, that there is a chance for some bipartisan cooperation in dealing with the future ...
When Social Security first began, the payroll tax was only 2 percent--evenly split between employers and employees--on t...
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security a...
Despite these tax increases, Social Security is still in trouble.
Workers' hard-earned payroll taxes fund the majority of the benefits Social Security pays out each year.