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June 27, 2022 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “How Can We Improve Economic Security In The United States? NASI Offers Food For Thought”

It’s a long, long wishlist – and a reminder that some things can be too good to be true.

December 27, 2021 Jane the Actuary General Interest

Forbes post, “Two And A Half Suggestions For A Manchin-Approved Build Back Better/Social Insurance Program”

How do we provide child allowances, paid leave, and child care, if not through a gimmick-filled, budget-busting program?

June 20, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “Will The Folly Of Biden’s ‘No New Middle-Class Taxes’ Pledge Scuttle A Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement?”

The $400,000 new-tax threshold was folly from the start, and it’s getting worse.

April 22, 2021 Jane the Actuary General Interest, Retirement

Forbes post, “Why Biden’s American Family Plan’s Family Leave – Reportedly – Gets Social Insurance Completely Wrong”

Funding social insurance through “soak the rich” taxes? It’s a dead end.

September 6, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “Why Joe Biden’s ‘Tax The Rich’ Plan Is The Wrong Path For Spending Boosts, Despite The $400,000-Earner Pledge”

If Europe’s our role model for social insurance, then we should also consider how they fund it — broad-based higher taxes.

August 16, 2020 Jane the Actuary General Interest

Forbes post, “Separating Fact From Fiction On Trump And The Post Office – And Why It Matters”

Is the Post Office an entity with the obligation to cover its costs through appropriate price-setting and sound management? Or is it social insurance?

June 7, 2020 Jane the Actuary General Interest, Retirement

Forbes post, “Frontline Workers? Heroes? The Social Insurance Problem With Our New Narrative”

Are cashiers “heroes”? We’re missing the point when we use this terminology.

March 14, 2020 Jane the Actuary General Interest

Forbes post, “What’s Changed In The Friday Iteration Of The Pelosi-Mnuchin Coronavirus Emergency Relief Bill? And What Still Needs Fixing?”

It looks like we’re on our way to a new coronavirus-inspired emergency sick leave bill. That’s great – but it needs fixing.

March 12, 2020 Jane the Actuary General Interest

Forbes post, “Forget The Politics: Here’s What The Democrats’ COVID-19/Coronavirus Social Insurance Proposal Includes”

The Democrats’ dizzying array of benefits sounds great – but there are always trade-offs.

February 28, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “Why Public Pension Debt and Social Insurance Finances Are Not The Same”

Social insurance as a pay-as-you-go system? Yeah, probably. But public pensions are fundamentally different.

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