Tag: social security financing
The brief’s key findings are: The 2023 Trustees Report showed a slight increase in the 75-year deficit and the depletion of the retirement trust fund moved up to 2033. The prospect of a 23-percent benefit cut only 10 years away should focus our attention on restoring balance to the program. The “Missing Trust Fund,” a result of…
COVID-19 will impact this projection, but probably not significantly. The 2020 Trustees Report, which was prepared before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, shows an increase in the program’s 75-year deficit from 2.78 percent to 3.21 percent of taxable payroll (see Figure 1). The depletion date for the trust fund remains at 2035. What does…
