Re: Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors (fwd)

[Noelle <noelle>]

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:57:13 -0700
 >  
 >  ...  and the people who do get the tax break can use it to help
 >  offset the loss of Medicaid.
 > 
 >  >  On  Jul  4,  2025,  at  9:08 AM,  Noelle  <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>  wrote:
 >  >  
 >  >  from https://www.electoral-vote.com political blog co-written
 >  >  by Andrew Tannenbaum:
 >  >  
 >  >      "The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating
 >  >  the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of
 >  >  legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions
 >  >  of older Americans.
 >  >  
 >  >  The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security
 >  >  beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their
 >  >  benefits, providing meaningful and immediate relief to seniors
 >  >  who have spent a lifetime contributing to our nation's
 >  >  economy."
 >  >  
 >  >  This is not a wholesale lie, but it's some pretty aggressive
 >  >  spin.  It does not mention that: (1) a big chunk of Social
 >  >  Security recipients already pay no taxes on those benefits; (2)
 >  >  while 90% of people could theoretically qualify for the tax
 >  >  waiver, the real percentage will be much smaller than that; (3)
 >  >  the tax break will be even harder to claim next year, and the
 >  >  year after that; and (4) the tax break goes away entirely in
 >  >  January 2029, which coincidentally happens to be the month that
 >  >  Trump leaves office.
 >  > 
 >  >  On  Fri,  4  Jul  2025,  Brian  wrote:
 >  >>  I'm glad somebody's happy about it...
 >  >>  
 >  >>  I've never gotten editorials from the SSA before, just things
 >  >>  like phishing warnings.
 >  >> 
 >  >>>  Begin  forwarded  message:
 >  >>> 
 >  >>>  From:  Social  Security  Administration   <http://www.subscriptions.ssa.gov/~subscription.service>
 >  >>>  Date:  July  3,  2025  at  11:17:42 PM  PDT
 >  >>>  To:  http://www.cs..edu/~b
 >  >>>  
 >  >>>  Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing
 >  >>>  Historic Tax Relief for Seniors