Opinion: Modifying the interaction between the Social Security and SSI programs would benefit low-income retired and disabled workers
“The fact that the low-income worker with significant participation in the workforce has paid a sizable amount of taxes into the Social Security trust fund and receives little additional benefit relative to the FBR is a contradiction to two key social insurance principles — the earned income principle and horizontal equity. We argue that the low-income worker should get back approximately the amount they paid in Social Security taxes, adjusted for inflation. “