As 2026 gets under way, it marks yet another year of congressional inaction on the financial uncertainty of Social Security. Now, 43 years have passed since lawmakers last mustered the courage to talk about the gap between what the program promises and what it expects to pay.
Through the years, this sentiment on the Hill has metastasized into institutional indifference, and the men and women of Capitol Hill do little more than posture about protecting Social Security on terms far removed from reality.
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