Social Security needs a serious solvency solution
(By – Judith Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tough issues, like tough nuts, crack hard. Social Security and entitlement reform, while assuring seniors that they will receive the benefits of hard work, is one such issue. Here in Clark County, we older Americans are watching closely what Congress — especially Rep. Cresent Hardy, and Sens. Dean Heller and Harry Reid — do to preserve Social Security this session. And we have a suggestion.
Today, we need action from Congress, a real solution — or first step — toward keeping Social Security viable. So, with the 114th Congress in full swing, there is a new idea in town, a real solution, a chance to guarantee the efficacy and solvency of Social Security broadly. Various components of that solution are gaining favor, and all are being personally briefed to Congress by the Association of Mature American Citizens, a 1.2 million-strong group of senior citizens. Read more…
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