{"id":151469,"date":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/27\/the-social-security-benefit-cliff-is-here-washington-is-struggling-to-wake-up-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","slug":"the-social-security-benefit-cliff-is-here-washington-is-struggling-to-wake-up-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/27\/the-social-security-benefit-cliff-is-here-washington-is-struggling-to-wake-up-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"The Social Security benefit cliff is here. Washington is struggling to wake up. &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNdnY3ektQMEdzOEpNQ21RX2RfN05FV1ZlemU1LWQxb01MVGNxamFhdVl0SnRoMHZZeXpWMUo5cUtOdV9ERW1paGxGbnowMTA5bl85SEVpdjFEbUpmazE2ZW9lVG5jUkVhYkxkNmtvd05ydkdhMnRtOGdrdlg4WGZZaUNoOEVfWjN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Social Security benefit cliff is here. Washington is struggling to wake up.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxQTklESTBXQ2xZZktwUHN2VUlKWkRYZXQxWUl6X0JoWDJsX1hBbERxMFFSQTFVdXNxbmszN1k2WjhrYTBhVjdDbXdoVl9JRVNjZDBsNnA3b016M3NybWxMNnlQUVBkYU16OHhiUldManFjakVfa0J3VWladkJST2IwUVlQX3FRTXhwTWpMWjkyamtxNnNLbnoxNVM4S3pENVZhYlZWazZhS2E2aUREcldrUjhhNUl1TEtXTWRKdHo1a01BT2h3NHlZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion | To get the national debt under control, start with the retirement state<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxNek1KbzMxVzF0aFdRMURySDEtSkNadHZfdS0zTFFqS09MY3Y1cUo0S1FxLWt5LVRjaVFwOWdJeVRxR09hdnZKbmZtdUhkX1hSazBfZkNJVmJJODVjODMyMFFxejJ0VmxSSHBWeHkwZDJqaUl0bV83WVM3RUNCbVFQWDVHaTBHeU1hdFN5XzM4aEhZdlVrNThOaGpBYTk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Borrowing to Avoid Social Security Reform Could Add $46 Trillion to the Debt by 2056<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Cato Institute<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNaGRLZ0ZwR0t3OEk0WFl3U0N3Y0l5ZWU0SmlDVGdPTkRMVFhYcjhabVJycDBWaEhZLWtkcFVYcm9vVjJkWmxaamxxUTEzVkVpUXBXdE5CZ1Zjc1pEclliYWlfMUQ2Tk4xSmZQYnZvaWQxTlNuWV9ha3F4Unk0d29MUlJZS19SSVRONnkwaGZtNVVOUjY4QlZRTnlNUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Half of Americans Fear for Financial Survival if Social Security Cut<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Newsweek<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPc2xhTVV1YW9QVTJ2dEpXSUpOdndCN1Nad0xaSkF5Yk9jSFhFa25DQnQwRGw2Qk1uUDNXVWVjM3d1N0RvT0ptV2RNbWdWeTlTdGE5em9PbWNicGwwdmJWeG05Tk9fZmRjc1U1R1FHTVBQeXcyaDNrVTZOZ0RWdS1NZlNCaEJ4X212V0pOb2RRc01FNzNqcXZvY0NoZTFpOWZiZlpQZnVndjFaQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers are floating ideas for what to do<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Security benefit cliff is here. Washington is struggling to wake up.&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Opinion | To get the national debt under control, start with the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/27\/the-social-security-benefit-cliff-is-here-washington-is-struggling-to-wake-up-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}