The problem stems from an aging population and rising health care costs – not from the 2017 tax reform.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Deficit would be zero if not for tax cuts
Maine Sen. Angus King rightly punctures the persistent claim that tax cuts pay for themselves.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Crisis coming on elder care finance
The current generation of retirees can’t get by on their retirement benefits, and the generations behind them are in worse shape.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World
Social Security checks to increase 2.8 percent in 2019
The estimated average monthly Social Security payment for a retired worker will be $1,461 a month next year.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Our nation’s entitlement can is getting too heavy to kick down the road
But no elected official can level with voters about Social Security and Medicare and still survive.
Posted inBusiness, Opinion
Michelle Singletary: Retirement is about saving, but also about expectations
Even if you can’t save $1 million, you probably can figure out a way to live on what you do have.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Why do federal employees get to retire so early?
Did anyone take note that if Andrew McCabe had not been fired as deputy FBI director, he would have been able to draw his pension and retire with full benefits to another job at age 49? One can understand military personnel, police officers and firemen or women, who are in harm’s way, being able to […]