A bipartisan pair of senators is pushing for an end to Social Security's payroll tax cap. Is it a good idea?

Capping the benefits would close a fifth of Social Security’s insolvency gap and three-fifths of the 75th year deficit if the ...

Former Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley argued that requiring higher-income Americans to pay more into Social Security is the solution to the program’s looming funding ...

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is calling for a tax increase on higher earners to safeguard Social Security — a political gamble ...

A Washington think tank has proposed capping annual Social Security benefits at $100,000 for couples as a way to shrink a looming deficit in the retirement trust fund. The idea might sound reasonable ...

Faster income growth for top U.S. earners has eroded Social Security's tax base, fueling calls to raise or eliminate the ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts don’t agree on much, but they ...

From taxing all earnings to slowing COLA, here are the six Social Security ideas Congress keeps returning to, and who would ...

The top Social Security benefit is about 2½ times the average retiree's check—but the path to qualifying for it is out of ...

We don’t agree on everything, but here’s one thing we do agree on: Congress must act now to save Social Security for ...

A proposal to cap Social Security benefits at $100,000 struck a nerve. Here are the details, and 7 other ways to shore up the program.