Trump nominated E.J. Antoni two weeks after firing Erika McEntarfer, accusing her of rigging job report numbers to make him ...

Since at least 2012, a persistent internet rumor has claimed that U.S. Social Security payments are being renamed as "Federal ...

Frequent right-wing media guest and Project 2025 contributor E.J. Antoni — President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Bureau ...

On its 90th anniversary, Social Security faces the possible arrival in a key position of an economist who proposes its ...

Trump nominated Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to lead the BLS less than two weeks after firing the agency's ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by Democratic President Joe Biden and enacted in January, had an impact. It ...

That’s a classic Ponzi scheme scenario, they say. Well, obviously in the very earliest days of the program (the early 1940s), there were many more workers than Social Security beneficiaries.

Political ads claiming that Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich labeled Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” use a quote taken out of context, according to a July 2023 recording.

Elon Musk claims that “Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time” (“What to know about Social Security office closures driven by Musk’s DOGE,” March 7).

But the 82-year-old former president referred to recent comments by Musk, the world’s richest man, who called Social Security “a Ponzi scheme.” “A Ponzi scheme?” Biden asked.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) previously called Social Security a “ Ponzi scheme ” in one of many attacks on the program, but O’Malley argues that’s “bull.” “It’s been stable for 89 years.

What’s more, while it’s tough to stop a Ponzi scheme once it gets rolling, resetting Social Security only requires a moderate change in the plan’s structure – think a thin cut in benefits ...