#Social Security

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) lists numerous options for extending the solvency of the Social Security Disability Insurance trust fund, including raising payroll taxes, reducing benefits and creating incentives for people to work. Until last fall…

U.S. Senate candidate Jim Rubens will discuss his approach to the federal government’s fiscal challenges in an interview that will air online tomorrow at 11 a.m., as part of Fiscal Fridays, the public affairs television series on the New Hampshire-based…

A recent report by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings promotes recommendations to address challenges in an era of incomplete access to retirement plans, generally stagnant income growth and a Social Security program with unsustainable…

A large portion of American workers have no access to employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. The independent non-profit found more than 40 percent of full-time private-sector employees do not receive pensions or have the ability to…

Many millennials have high hopes for the future that include addressing climate change, pioneering improvements in health care, making college more affordable and keeping the country strong. But Chase Hagaman, New England regional director for The Concord Coalition, says millennials…

The Treasury Department has rejected a restructuring plan for the Central States Pension Fund that would have cut benefits for thousands of retired Teamsters. While beneficiaries were relieved, the financial problems facing the fund remain. The ruling is also a…

WASHINGTON -- With the federal budget deficit on the rise again and the nation’s debt still on an unsustainable long-term path, The Concord Coalition today released this year’s version of its “Key Questions” that voters should ask candidates for federal…

Unfunded pension liabilities for state, local and federal governments have grown to $7 trillion, according to a new report by Moody’s Investors Service, a credit-rating agency. With the U.S. population aging, the troubling report says, the federal government has $3.5…