Tag: Social security pay-as-you-go
The brief’s key findings are: As policymakers consider restoring balance to Social Security, understanding the reason for the shortfall is important. Specifically, the program’s “pay-as-you-go” approach, which dates back to the late 1930s, makes it expensive relative to a funded system. Paying full benefits to Depression-era workers meant forgoing the opportunity to accumulate more revenu…