Scott Bessent is laser-focused on one thing he can do as treasury secretary: lift the economy so that Wall Street and Main Street perform equally well.

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In a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who requested an analysis of the budget law’s impact on Social Security’s trust funds ...

As the Trump administration says it's continuing its effort to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government ...

Have congressional Republicans forgotten the political pain they suffered when President George W. Bush tried to privatize Social Security in 2005?

A political storm has engulfed Washington following U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's controversial remarks suggesting ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledges China's position on oil purchases but suggests an overall trade deal ...

Converting Social Security into millions of individual investment accounts would end the program as we know it Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent set off a firestorm this week when he said that the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's recent comments about using Trump Accounts as a backdoor for privatizing Social Security ...

Bessent was more right the first time, only I would suggest tackling Social Security head on. If done right, private ...

Specifically, opposition to Social Security privatization has been an important part of the AARP's advocacy. The AARP’s ...