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Inside Trump’s new plan to overhaul your Social Security benefits
Social Security Is Not a Piggy Bank for Trump and Wall StreetPrivate Hands, Public RiskThe reporting here is simple enough: the Trump administration is once again toying with Social Security changes that would steer retirement money toward private investment, while at the same time softening rules that let workers hold employers accountable for bad retirement investments. That is not reform. It is a coordinated attempt to move public obligation out of sight and hand the upside to financial firms.Who Actually GainsThe winners are obvious. Wall Street wants a bigger slice of the roughly $10…
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