8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (216+ words) The Roosevelt Institute What Social Security’s Shortfall Is Really Telling Us About the Economy The recently released Social Security Trustees Report tells a familiar story: Social Security is approaching insolvency and, without intervention, tens of millions of beneficiaries will face…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (342+ words) For more than 90 years, Social Security has been one of the clearest examples of our government keeping its promises. Today, roughly 63 million people receive Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) benefits. And the program keeps 23.5 million people, including more than 1 million…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (179+ words) The Roosevelt Institute The Good Life Agenda: Boosting Incomes Throughout Our Lives Steady income does more than cover the bills. It gives people breathing room. Without it, changing jobs, caring for family, or planning for retirement can feel risky. Our…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (525+ words) The Roosevelt Institute Comment Letter Opposing the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rulemaking Entitled “Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives” Office of Regulations and Interpretations Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled “Fiduciary…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (448+ words) The last major Social Security reforms, enacted in 1983, were designed to secure roughly 75 years of fiscal stability. The projections behind those reforms correctly anticipated population aging and longevity, fertility trends, labor force growth, and average real earnings growth. What they…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (329+ words) The Roosevelt Institute “The US effectively penalizes aging.” Plus, what to make of OpenAI’s industrial policy plan. The Costs of Eldercare Are Draining Middle-Class Wealth At some point as they age, more than half of older Americans will need eldercare…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (480+ words) Long-term care is not just an individual health issue, but a structural driver of wealth inequality. By maintaining a system that depends on unpaid family caregiving, provides public support only after families have nearly exhausted their savings, and allows private,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (146+ words) This week, members of Congress reintroduced the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act, a proposal that could almost entirely eliminate deep poverty among SSI recipients. In a new analysis, Roosevelt’s Stephen Nuñez and researcher Jack Landry examine how this simple…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (290+ words) This blog previews our upcoming report. Below I describe the legislative provisions we examined and our methodological approach before sharing some key findings. Table 2 presents our estimates of poverty and deep poverty among US households in general and SSI households…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (302+ words) Roosevelt’s latest paper, Estimating the Cost and Impacts of the SSI Restoration Act, examines one of the least understood and most neglected components of the US social safety net: Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The paper offers one of the few…...