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By reversing Trump's successful "America First" policies, Biden created the conditions for war in the Middle East, and in Europe as well.
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The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said on Sunday that a coup attempt in the capital of Kinshasa was thwarted.
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President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan, often known by his Western name William Lai, delivered his inaugural address on Monday morning.
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The leftist authoritarian regimes in Latin America expressed public condolences to Iran on Monday over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.
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A new Harvard-Harris poll for the month of May confirms data from previous iterations of the poll that suggest roughly 80% of American voters back Israel over the terrorist group Hamas in the ongoing war in Gaza.
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A law signed by President George W. Bush in 2002 the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act (ASPA), bars the United States from cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in pursuing warrants against Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the decision by International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Monday to seek warrants against him and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the war in Gaza.
The post WATCH — Netanyahu Reacts to ICC Indictments: ‘Pouring Gasoline on the Fires of Antisemitism’ appeared first on Breitbart.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that President Joe Biden should restore President Donald Trump's 2020 sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which Biden reversed soon after taking office in 2021.
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President Joe Biden claimed Monday to be outraged at the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrants against Israeli officials for the war in Gaza -- after Biden revoked President Donald Trump's executive order against the ICC.
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Deputy United States Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood stood for a moment of silence for deceased Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, despite his reputation for being a brutal and oppressive leader.
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The oppressive Iranian regime declared a five-day mourning period for President Ebrahim Raisi after his death in a helicopter crash on Sunday, yet many Iranians are celebrating the passing of the vicious hardliner, known as the “Butcher of Tehran” for his role in murdering dissidents after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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Amal Clooney, the human rights lawyer married to Hollywood star George Clooney, was involved in helping to prepare the request for arrest warrants of Israeli leaders Monday by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) that sought an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday is the former workplace of Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting former President Donald Trump.
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Israel's opposition leaders attacked the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday for its decision to issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the war against Hamas.
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Trump slapped sanctions on the ICC for attempting to investigate the U.S. or Israel for fighting terrorists. Biden revoked Trump's order shortly after taking office.
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Prosecutor Karim Khan of the International Criminal Court (ICC) formally requested arrest warrants on Monday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and several leaders of the genocidal Hamas terrorist organization.
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Each of my thirteen books has found me. The spark for my latest bestseller ignited when I stumbled across a roadside sign in Northern Virginia marking John Singleton Mosby’s Grapewood Farm engagement.
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There was "no sign" of life after search teams found the site where a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday.
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A Democrat Senate candidate in Maryland, who has claimed she is "not beholden" to corporate interests or lobbyists, has reportedly received a wave of donations from lobbyists and other corporate officials.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected calls from French leader Emmanuel Macron for a truce with Russia during the Paris Olympics and criticised the West for seeking a swift end to the war.
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Iranians have been asked to pray for the safety of President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter went missing on the way back from a meeting Sunday with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan.
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The United Nations confirmed Saturday that 800,000 Palestinians have left the town of Rafah as Israel begins its attack on Hamas battalions there.
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The new talks in Oman could be interpreted as a way to avoid a larger regional war -- or, given the Obama/Biden track record, as a way to reassure Iran that neither Israel nor the U.S. will target it in response to its aggression.
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told members of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on Sunday that there was "no excuse" for President Joe Biden to have stopped a shipment of bombs during the war against the Hamas terror group.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that the body of one of the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, had been recovered during an operation in Gaza.
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Conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered his officials to begin a "complete review" of all federal birth rate policies.
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A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers amid the Russian offensive.
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China’s largest-ever military drills with Cambodia on Thursday included a showcase performance by the literal dogs of war — a squad of robot dogs with automatic rifles mounted on their backs.
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Frank Ábrego, recently tapped to be Panama’s next public security minister, outlined on Thursday the upcoming government's planned first steps to crack down on U.S-bound migrants that cross through the dangerous Darién Gap jungle trail.
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The Biden administration allowed entry to U.S. territory to Arelys Casañola Quintana, an official of Cuba's communist Castro regime now requesting asylum proceedings out of "fear of socialism," according to a report published by Martí Noticias on Thursday.
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Kurdish citizens protested across Turkey after a court sentenced former HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas to 42 years in prison.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Friday that it had recovered the bodies of Israeli hostages Amit Buskila, Itzhak Gelerenter, and Shani Louk in a special operation overnight in the Gaza Strip.
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A brawl erupted in the Taiwanese parliament on Friday during a heated debate over reforms to the legislature.
The post Parliament Brawl Breaks Out in Taiwan as Left Tries to Limit Presidential Power appeared first on Breitbart.
Turkey has entered “advanced negotiations” with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giants BYD and Chery to establish factories in Turkey.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has found loaded rocket launchers during its operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, now in its second week.
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After bowing to woke critics and canceling its once popular fashion show, lingerie brand Victoria's Secret is bringing the show back along with glamor and its famed angel wings.
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Egypt on Wednesday rejected a plan that the Israeli government presented to reopen the Rafah border crossing.
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Lily Greenberg Call, a member of the radical anti-Israel group IfNotNow, resigned this week from a high position as the special assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Department of the Interior over U.S. support for Israel against Hamas.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday removed Cuba's communist regime from the State Department's list of countries "not cooperating fully" against terrorism.
The post Biden Removes Hamas Ally Cuba from Blacklist of Countries That Don’t Cooperate to Fight Terrorism appeared first on Breitbart.
The "floating pier" built by the U.S. Navy off the coast of Gaza was completed on Thursday, and connected to the shore by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops.
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is questioning the setup laid out by Secret Service for the upcoming Republican National Convention in his home state of Wisconsin, noting that the protest zone is a block away from the entire convention area, raising security concerns.
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The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) offered to share the nation's nuclear "expertise" with any country seeking to develop a nuclear program on Wednesday, the latest in a string of provocative comments by Iranian officials, including one claiming Tehran already has a nuclear bomb.
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The Senate will hold a hearing discussing providing long-range weapons to Ukraine in its war against Russia on Thursday, May 16.
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Russian strongman Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing, China, on Thursday for extensive conversations with genocidal communist dictator Xi Jinping and his top officials focused on elevating economic and political ties.
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Israeli government spokesperson Tal Heinrich said Thursday that defense minister Yoav Gallant's public criticism of his own government's policy on postwar Gaza was simply part of Israel's commitment to democracy and free speech.
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Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine said in an interview on Tuesday that his government’s relations with the United States broke down because the Biden administration adopted a “condescending tone and lack of respect.”
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A group of radical pro-Palestinian activists took over a building at the University of California Berkeley on Wednesday, just hours after administrators and protesters struck a deal to end a weeks-long "encampment."
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China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday dismissed tariffs that the Biden administration threatened as a “farce."
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The White House has criticized Israel in the past for the slow pace of humanitarian aid delivery, as well as for recent attacks by right-wing activists on aid trucks, but struggled Wednesday to criticize Egypt for blocking aid to Gaza.
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President Joe Biden is backing an internal revolt within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government over the fate of postwar Gaza, after defense minister Yoav Gallant publicly declared his opposition to long-term Israeli rule there.
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President Joe Biden’s parole pipeline has brought more than a million foreign nationals to the United States since its inception in January 2023 -- exceeding the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
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Nigerian Christians took the streets on Tuesday to protest their government's incompetence in containing the threat of radical Islamist terrorism, marking the 21st birthday of Christian longtime Boko Haram captive Leah Sharibu.
The post Leah Sharibu, Christian Schoolgirl Abducted by Boko Haram 6 Years Ago, Turns 21 in Captivity appeared first on Breitbart.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is introducing legislation to halt President Joe Biden from issuing photo ID cards to immigrants.
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The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina (INDEC) announced on Tuesday that inflation in Argentina continued its downward trend in April, reaching an 8.8 percent rate that month and dropping to a single digit for the first time in six months.
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The government of Peru signed a Supreme Decree this weekend defining transexuality as a mental disorder as part of an update to the nation's Essential Health Insurance Plan (PEAS), prompting outrage from the LGBTQIAP2S+ community.
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Valentina Gomez, a Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Missouri, is going viral over a post on social media.
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Evacuation orders have been issued for the Fort McMurray oil hub in Alberta, Canada, as winds shifted, and a massive wildfire approaches.
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The governments of India and Iran announced a decade-long agreement on Tuesday that would give India control and allow it to develop the port of Chabahar, a stop on the Gulf of Oman that offers India a favorable route to the Persian Gulf.
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Two foreign nationals reportedly pretended to be Amazon workers in an attempt to breach the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia, located 36 miles outside of Washington, DC.
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Pro-Israel activists in Farmington Hills, Michigan, succeeded in pushing off an anti-Israel proclamation -- for now -- that came before their city council on Monday evening.
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A Palestinian columnist writing in Arabic in a Qatari newspaper declared this week: "We do not want a ceasefire, we want ongoing war. Victory is at hand."
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Chinese officials recommend using “Marxist Population Theory” to “analyze" China's declining demographics.
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Federal justice authorities in Argentina ordered 27 raids on Monday against leaders of leftist piqueteros ("picketers”) organizations following hundreds of complaints by local citizens of alleged extortion and blackmail.
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The W.H.O. says it has full confidence in the casualty figures that the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health reported.
The post W.H.O. Expresses Full Confidence in Hamas Death Tolls After Massive Revision appeared first on Breitbart.
China's state-run Global Times dismissed President Joe Biden's criticism of Israel as a last-minute "stopgap measure" to win votes.
The post China: Biden Giving Israel ‘Superficial Criticism’ to Appease Leftist Voters appeared first on Breitbart.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" on the electric guitar on Tuesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the embattled former Soviet republic.
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Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak discusses the current Israel-Gaza war on the EmpowerU Podcast.
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Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuba's communist dictator Raúl Castro, led a “Conga Against Homophobia” dedicated to opposing Israel.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shared drone footage Tuesday of terrorists in a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) compound in Rafah, near several United Nations (UN) vehicles, including gunfire by the terrorists.
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Organizations that receive federal grants will be barred from aiding illegal immigration, according to a proposal from Rep. Virginia Foxx.
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Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof said on Monday he has fled his native country after it sentenced him to eight years in prison, plus flogging, for “collusion to act against national security.”
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The Foreign Ministry of Iran insisted in a briefing on Monday that the nation's terrorist regime would not pursue nuclear weapons development and would abide by international law on weapons of mass destructions (WMDs).
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The American representative at the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood, urged the body to "call out Iran" in an attempt to curb the rampant terrorist activity by Yemen's Houthi movement in the Red Sea.
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Residents of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, have been ordered to be ready for evacuation at a moment’s notice as wildfires draw near.
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Two men accused of plotting to gun down Jews in an Islamic State-inspired attack in northwest England held without bail.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday that it had killed 15 terrorists, at least 10 of whom were from Hamas, in a strike on a “war room” that they had set up at a United Nations Relief and Works
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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, Facebook and Instagram's parent company, is diving headfirst into the world of AI-powered wearables with its "Camerabuds" project, combining audio, video, and AI to form the ultimate surveillance capitalism data gathering tool.
The post Zuck’s Surveillance Dream: Meta Working on AI-Powered ‘Camerabuds’ that Gather Audio and Video appeared first on Breitbart.
President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security released an illegal alien convicted killer from Colombia into the U.S.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to attack Hamas terrorists in Rafah and throughout Gaza on Monday, which was Israel's independence day, despite continued international criticism and caution from the White House.
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Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group that brutally attacked Israel on October 7, ran a secret police agency that spied on the personal lives of Gaza residents in a style reminiscent of the Stasi, the notorious East German spy agency.
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Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing "genocide."
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Israel began celebrations Monday night for its 76th independence day, with the nation still at war, pursuing the destruction of the Hamas terrorists who carried out the brutal attack of October 7 that killed roughly 1,200 people.
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Jews should be “annihilate[d],” according to a Florida Islamic cleric, who also accused Israel’s army of being “worse than the Nazis.”
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said more than one thousand Hamas terrorists received medical treatment in hospitals across Turkey.
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W.H.O. countries failed to submit a finalized draft of the proposed pandemic accord this week amid controversy.
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The Pentagon has formally ordered all 1,000 American combat troops remaining in Niger to withdraw over the next few months.
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The Chinese Communist government is seeking to take advantage of its friendly ties with the socialist Brazilian government to establish a "Maritime Silk Road" in the Amazon Rainforest, The Argentine news outlet Infobae reported this weekend.
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A billboard in a western Jerusalem neighborhood that once thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for his support has been changed to criticize Biden for pressuring Israel not to pursue Hamas terrorists and win the war in Gaza.
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Israeli singer Eden Golan landed home on Sunday after a tumultuous participation at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, where she faced hostility from fellow competitors, a booing audience, and a thousands-strong pro-Hamas mob outside of the venue.
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In just nine years, the oldest Gen Xers will reach Social Security’s normal retirement age of 67. But they will have a rude awakening when they learn that the program’s trust fund is empty, leaving it able to pay out only as much in benefits as it takes from the paychecks of those then working.
That’s straight from the Social Security trustees 2024 report. It also notes that without congressional action, benefits will have to be cut by 21% across the board—including for those already retired—beginning in 2033.
For the average beneficiary, who receives about $22,000 a year from Social Security, that 21% cut will translate into a loss of $4,600 per year. As Social Security benefits will grow faster than payroll taxes for the foreseeable future, benefit cuts will reach 31% at the end of the trustees’ 75-year projections.
Simply maintaining currently scheduled Social Security benefits would require large tax increases. The program’s trustees estimate that payroll taxes would have to rise immediately from 12.4% to 15.7%, adding $2,500 to the median household’s annual Social Security taxes.
Even that projected hike may be too conservative. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a 17.5% tax, or an extra $3,800 per year for the median family, is necessary to maintain current Social Security benefits.
Such high tax rates are a far cry from Social Security’s original intent. The program started out as a 2% tax, and its founders promised it would never take more than 6% of workers’ paychecks.
And for a program that currently replaces about 40% of workers’ earnings during retirement (and will decline to 32% beginning in 2033), the current 12.4% tax is a hefty price to pay. If workers invested that amount in a conservative mix of stocks and bonds, they should have enough at retirement to replace at least 75% of their earnings.
Even as Social Security was never intended to be the sole source of income in retirement, its rising taxes have made it increasingly difficult, particularly for lower- and middle-income workers, to save for retirement.
In fact, Social Security’s growing size and scope could be exacerbating wealth inequality because the hard truth is that Social Security is not a savings program, and workers have no ownership of the Social Security taxes they pay.
Despite Social Security’s original intent to be a predominantly prefunded and effectively a forced-savings program, it now functions as a pure intergenerational transfer program. That happened because Social Security’s benefits increased more than its tax hikes.
In every year since 2011, Social Security has paid out more in benefits than it has received in tax revenues. This means that workers’ payroll tax “contributions” aren’t saved and don’t earn a positive rate of return over time.
Although the formula that determines retirees’ benefits is based on what they paid in Social Security taxes, their actual benefits come directly from younger workers’ paychecks. After 2033, retirees’ benefits will be entirely dependent on how much future lawmakers are willing to extract from workers’ paychecks.
The fact that Social Security taxes aren’t saved makes the program a bad deal for most Americans. It can also exacerbate wealth inequality among low-income and minority Americans who have lower life expectancies.
One out of every four black men dies between the ages of 45 and 64, having paid tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in Social Security taxes. But because they have no ownership of their contributions, they and their family members receive little or nothing in return.
What could have been a $350,000 retirement account that a low-income worker would have to pass on to his family is often just a $255 death payment instead.
With less than a decade left before Social Security runs out of money and automatic 21% benefit cuts ensue, lawmakers must act now to prevent insolvency and to improve the program for future generations.
Some commonsense solutions include gradually shifting to a universal benefit based on years of work instead of total earnings, automatically updating the program’s eligibility age to align with changes in life expectancy, and using more accurate statistics to adjust benefits.
These reforms would translate into bigger paychecks for all Americans by allowing Social Security’s tax rate to decline over time.
Moreover, if coupled with a personal ownership option, Social Security reform could help more Americans build wealth that could increase their retirement incomes and provide a leg up to help their children and grandchildren pursue goals like education, homeownership, or starting a small business.
Whatever lawmakers do, they must act soon. Time isn’t on our side.
Distributed by Tribune News Service
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Public Eye, a human rights advocacy group based in Switzerland, blasted Chinese fashion giant Shein for demanding excessive overtime from its workers in a 2021 report.
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Iranian member of Parliament Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani said in an interview this weekend that he believed his country had successfully developed a nuclear weapon, contrary to international law, but would not admit to it.
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International Christian Concern (ICC) President Jeff King warns pro-Hamas rallies are flourshing on campuses with the aid of Qatari funding.
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Onlookers at Ocean Beach in San Diego, California, stood by and watched as a boat sped onto the beach and unloaded what appeared to be a load of migrants being smuggled into the U.S. Events like this are becoming commonplace on Southern California beaches.
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Rishi Sunak outright accused China and "axis of authoritarian states" including Russia of undermining Western security and values.
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The United Nations has cut its estimate of Palestinian children killed in Gaza by half, calling into question the figures frequently used by international news outlets and governments to criticize Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.
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The State of Israel marked its traditional Memorial Day on Sunday evening with 620 soldiers added to the rolls of those who have fallen in battle since the state's independence in 1948.
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A suspected human smuggler led Texas Department of Public Safety troopers on a wild chase that ended as the driver crashed into a tree. Video shows at least six migrants climbing out of the stolen pickup truck following the crash.
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Thousands more civilians have fled Russia's renewed ground offensive in Ukraine's northeast that has targeted towns and villages.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday that it had established a field hospital in central Gaza, together with international organizations, that would serve Palestinians while the war against Hamas is still taking place.
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The Biden administration has reportedly offered Israel intelligence on the whereabouts of Hamas leaders in tunnels underneath Gaza -- if Israel ends its ongoing attack on the last Hamas stronghold in the Gaza town of Rafah.
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The U.S. government has "contingency" plans in place for the "continuity of government" in case of an attack or emergency, said Cliff Sims.
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent will spend a year and a half in prison for trying to smuggle a female migrant from El Salvador into Texas.
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Russian forces began a renewed ground assault on Ukraine's northeast, forcing thousands to evacuate from the Kharkiv region.
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The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution asking the Security Council to vote for Palestinian membership.
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There are still five American hostages being held by Hamas. And though our leaders seem to have forgotten them, the American people have not. Hamas murdered 1,200 people in Israel in the October 7, 2023, terror attack, and took more
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The First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil's largest transnational organized crime syndicate and Latin America's largest drug trafficking gang, has managed to establish a foothold in Sydney, Australia, according to a report published by the Argentine news outlet Infobae on Thursday.
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The Chinese government celebrated heavy travel and tourism during China’s Labor Day holiday season, which ran from May 1 to May 5, as a sign the struggling economy is beginning to recover.
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President-Elect of Panama José Raúl Mulino reiterated his plans to deport U.S-bound migrants who cross Panama through the Darien Gap.
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Christian tribes in northern India’s restless state of Manipur say the Hindu nationalist government is trying to deport them to Myanmar.
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A State Department report on Israel's use of U.S. weapons tried to please both pro- and anti-Israel voices, creating a slew of contradictory headlines.
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President Joe Biden’s threat to halt weapons to the Jewish state is endangering the national security of both the United States and “our most precious ally,” Israel, according to House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik, who accused the 81-year-old president of pandering to the “pro-Hamas base of the Democrat party” in a desperate bid to save his “plummeting polling.”
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Israel's security cabinet voted Friday to expand the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operation in Rafah, albeit on a limited scale, and to continue talks with mediators in Egypt in the hope of reaching a hostage release deal with Hamas.
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China and Hungary signed 18 agreements after a meeting between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and visiting genocidal dictator Xi Jinping.
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