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McClatchy Opinion Editor, leading opinion teams across McClatchy markets. Also: editorial page editor for Charlotte Observer, News & Observer in Raleigh.

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COMMENTARY: Shoring up Social Security with big tax hike? Bad idea

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By Peter St. Onge Verified
| Jefferson City News Tribune Verified
The nation's largest retirement program will reach a cliff in six years unless Congress acts. Social Security is going bankrupt, facing a structural imbalance between promised benefits and dedicated revenues. The 2026 Social Security Administration Trustees' report predicts the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund that backstops Social Security will run out in the fourth quarter of 2032, after which incoming payroll taxes would cover just 78 percent of scheduled benefits.
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Shoring up Social Security with a big tax hike? Bad idea

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By Peter St. Onge Verified
| Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Verified
The nation's largest retirement program will reach a cliff in six years unless Congress acts. Social Security is going bankrupt, facing a structural imbalance between promised benefits and dedicated revenues. The 2026 Social Security Administration Trustees' report predicts the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund that backstops Social Security will run out in the fourth quarter of 2032, after which incoming payroll taxes would cover just 78% of scheduled benefits.
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Commentary: Greenspan’s bailout legacy is Warsh’s straitjacket

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By Peter St. Onge Verified
| Batavia Daily News Verified
Eulogies tend to laud the departed, not criticize them, so it’s no surprise that the death of Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve Chairman, at age 100 prompted people to say nice things about him. His passing prompted a tsunami of eulogistic op-eds on how the “maestro” centrally planned the American economy for close to 20 years. But those pieces were conspicuously silent on how Greenspan frequently left the taxpayer with the tab. kAmw:D E6?FC6 2D r92:C>2? <:4<65 @77 :? `hgf[ H96? vC66?DA2?
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