The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing yesterday on Social Security Forever: Delivering Benefits and Protecting Retirement Security. Here are the written statements before the Committee.
- Martin O'Malley, Commissioner, Social Security Administration
- Rebecca Vallas, Chief Executive Officer, National Academy of Social Insurance
- Roger Boudreau, President, Rhode Island AFT/Retirees Local #8037R
- Molly Dahl, Long-Term Analysis Unit Chief, Congressional Budget Office
- Shai Akabas, Executive Director, Economic Policy Program, Bipartisan Policy Center
This is from a news article on the hearing:
… The ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every 10 years," Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said during a Senate Budget Committee hearing. "That is enough to keep Social Security whole till the end of this century."
"That's where we ought to go to start making progress," Wyden added. …