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Opinion: Here’s a proposal to fix Social Security that we could enact today
A mix of tolerable benefit cuts and realistic revenue increases would make everyone better off
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In early January, Stephen Goss, Social Security’s chief actuary released estimates of a comprehensive proposal to restore long-term balance to the program.
The request for this estimate was submitted by Maryland Democrat Rep. Steny Hoyer, but the proposal was constructed by Wendell Primus, an economist and long-term Congressional staffer, who spent almost two decades before his retirement as the senior policy adviser on health and budget issues to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
