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Social Security’s Focus on Children
Sometimes lost in the mist of observations about Social Security’s impending solvency issue is the fact that the program is key to the continued welfare of over four million children in our country. In point of fact, “The latest information available says that in 2018 the Social Security program distributed about $2.7 billion each month to benefit about 4.1 million children on average each month because one or both of their parents are disabled, retired or deceased.” This quote is offered by Amy L. Long, Social Security District Manager, in a post on www.tribstar.com, which you can access by clicking here…
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