Founded in 1993, The Motley Fool is a financial services company dedicated to making the world smarter, happier, and richer.

First, the article suggests that fixing Social Security is not a pressing issue. It is pressing; we do not want to be a year ...

The first piece of good news is that beneficiaries will see a 2.5% bump in benefits beginning in January, thanks to the ...

Yet Barnett also brings up an economic issue that was not widely discussed during the campaign: Social Security. Barnett is ...

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to protect the program, but many policies he proposed on the campaign trail would ...

Though President-elect Donald Trump has often promised to protect Social Security, he has not explained exactly how he would ...

The House approved the bill and ultimately reversed the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset ...

These are your brothers, your sisters, your family members. Uh This is what's at stake here. Social Security. The most ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which would increase benefits for 2.8 million retirees, has bipartisan support but time ...

The program is financed by payroll taxes collected from workers and their employers. The maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes was $168,600 for 2024, up from $160,200 in ...

Social Security may become insolvent as early as 2035. President-elect Donald Trump previously vowed tax cuts for seniors.

Two Tax Notes contributing editors examine the history of taxing Social Security benefits and former President Trump’s ...