Heritage uses The Daily Signal to amplify fears of Social Security’s long-term stability and push for privatization
The Daily Signal, a media outlet supported by the right-wing Heritage Foundation, recently published two blogs fearmongering about the future of Social Security. The pieces pushed for reductions in benefits for future retirees, argued against raising taxes on the wealthy to cover the program’s long-term financial requirements, and advocated for a privatized retirement system through “personal ownership” of Social Security benefits or so-called “personal retirement” accounts.
The Heritage Foundation has played a central role in organizing the planned conservative takeover of the federal government known as Project 2025, which aims to implement its reactionary right-wing agenda should Donald Trump succeed in his bid to return to the White House.