The Social Security Program: Where the Money is Spent
Social Security is the single greatest expenditure item in the entire federal budget, followed by Defense/Military spending. With expenditures of $952.5 million last year, where did all the money go? Sean Williams of The Motley Fool writes a very comprehensive article that breaks down the 99% of spending that went to beneficiaries. Only 1% went to administrative expenses. Sadly, that 1% totaling just $6.5 billion appears to be where Congress is focusing an inordinate amount of attention, even though so little savings is to be had from such a sliver of expenditures. Read the full article here.
The Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) advocates for a strengthening of Social Security and has developed a bipartisan compromise bill, titled “The Social Security Guarantee Act,” taking selected portions of bills introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) and merging them with the Association’s original legislative framework to create the new Act. AMAC is resolute in its mission to get the attention of lawmakers in DC, meeting with a great many congressional offices and their legislative staffs over the past several years. Learn more about AMAC’s Social Security Guarantee here…