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• Here’s a proposal to fix Social Security that we could enact today

  A mix of tolerable benefit cuts and realistic revenue increases would make everyone better off
  
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• Here are changes Americans would make to close Social Security's financing gap

  Social Security benefits may be reduced in the next decade due to a financing shortfall. A new survey asks Americans how they would fix the program.
  
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• Here’s how much gas could cost you if Trump’s threatened tariffs go through

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• The Social Security Fairness Act is a terrible piece of legislation — here’s how to fix the problem

  Looking to the underlying problem — uncovered state and local workers
  
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• These edgy tech and social trends could make you the most money by 2030

  Invest now in self-driving cars, AI and robotics — and avoid all crypto except bitcoin.
  
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• Social Security’s COLA is expected to drop in 2026 — but how low could it go?

  The cost-of-living adjustment could mark its lowest increase since at least the start of the pandemic.
  
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  How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits

  Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 14

• Their Social Security benefits were slashed. Now they’re getting hundreds — maybe thousands — of dollars back under new law Biden just signed.

  Retired public workers will get check adjustments and retro pay under the recently signed Social Security Fairness Act.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 11
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  Meta's fact-checking rollback could ushers in a new, chaotic era for social media

  To researchers who have studied moderation efforts and platforms, it’s the most recent move toward a more freewheeling and unbridled social media environment.
  
  NBC News - Jan. 8

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  Starbucks and Workers United Union Agree to Contract Mediation

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