Tag: Social Security finances
The brief’s key findings are: Investing part of Social Security’s reserves in equities has obvious appeal: a higher return means less tax hikes or benefit cuts. But critics fear that equity investment could interfere with private markets or signal that trading bonds for stocks creates magic money. The evidence from the U.S. and Canada shows that suc…
The program’s “Missing Trust Fund” provides a strong case for an infusion of general revenues. According to the latest Social Security Trustees Report, the program’s 75-year deficit increased to 3.61 percent of taxable payroll compared to 3.42 percent in 2022. The year for depletion of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund assets moved u…
