Social Security faces steep cuts. These senators want to bet on stocks and $27 trillion in debt to save it—but ‘the gamble does not always pay off’
Lawmakers have long known that Social Security faces a day of reckoning but have dodged any reforms that would cut benefits, hike taxes, or do both. The dilemma gained more urgency when new projections this month showed that the Social Security trust fund will run out of money sooner than…
bubmagJune 14, 2026