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Senator Pushes $1.5T Fix as Social Security's 2032 Deadline Closes
Cassidy says the fund could cover 60% to 65% of Social Security’s unfunded liability over 65 to 70 years, avoiding immediate tax hikes or benefit cuts.
- With his term ending January 3, 2027, Senator Bill Cassidy is pushing a "big idea" to reform Social Security by investing $1.5 trillion in a market fund, aiming to cover long-term shortfalls without raising taxes or cutting benefits.
- The Social Security trust fund faces depletion by 2032, triggering an automatic 22% cut to monthly benefits for more than 71 million Americans if Congress fails to enact legislative reforms before the deadline.
- Modeled after the National Railroad Retirement Investment Fund, the plan drew criticism from the Boston College Center for Retirement Research, which labeled the leveraged investment strategy "unlikely to work" due to significant market risks.
- Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley noted that neither tax hikes on the wealthy nor cutting waste will solve the fiscal hole, emphasizing that any successful reform requires 60 votes to pass in the Senate.
- Cassidy, who lost his primary reelection bid, is seeking colleagues to carry the torch for his bipartisan plan, stressing that waiting to address the program's insolvency will only make future solutions more painful.
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Senator pushes $1.5T fix as Social Security's 2032 deadline closes
(The Center Square) – More than 70 million Americans face an automatic 22% cut to Social Security benefits in 2032 if Congress doesn't act, and a bipartisan Senate proposal to address the shortfall has yet to be introduced as legislation.
GOP senator forced out by Trump pushes $1.5 trillion investment for Social Security
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who was defeated by a President Trump-backed challenger in a GOP primary earlier this year, is touting his proposal to reform Social Security before he leaves the Senate, after the Trump administration projected the entitlement program will not provide full benefits within seven years. In an interview with CNBC for a…
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