Arts and Sciences’ Joseph White discusses promises offered by presidential candidates related to Social Security

Biden, Trump keep it vague on looming Social Security insolvency crisis

The Washington TimesJoseph White, the Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy at the College of Arts and Sciences, noted that the Social Security trust fund reserves will be depleted in less than 10 years but both President Biden and former President Donald Trump offer only vague promises to protect it as they doggedly avoid the notorious “third rail” of American politics.