Tag: Trust fund exhaustion
We know what we are dealing with, and can take steps to address it. The key metric used to summarize Social Security’s financial status is the 75-year deficit. This number is the present discounted value of scheduled taxes (plus the existing trust fund) minus the present discounted value of scheduled benefits divided by the present…
The 2024 Trustees Report slightly lowered the projected 75-year deficit to 3.50 percent of taxable payroll, compared to 3.61 percent in 2023. The improvement is attributable primarily to an upward revision in the rate of productivity growth over the projection period and a further reduction…
