US Could Fully Fund Social Security by Targeting Wealthy Tax Dodgers, Wyden Says
The Democratic chair of the Senate Finance Committee said during a hearing Wednesday that instead of tossing Social Security’s sacred guarantee “in the trash” by cutting benefits, lawmakers should crack down on mega-rich tax dodgers as a way to keep the New Deal program fully solvent for decades to come. “The ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every 10 years,” Sen.