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2. History of Social Security in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Yet today Social Security is treated like all the other trust funds of the Unified Budget. [citation needed] As a result of these changes, particularly the tax increases, the Social Security system began to generate a large short-term surplus of funds, intended to cover the added retirement costs of the "baby boomers".

3. The Biggest Social Security COLA Increases of All Time

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   As a result of the 2008 financial and mortgage crisis, a hefty 5.8% increase in COLA was applied in 2009, the most significant increase that Social Security benefits had seen since 1982.

4. Here's the Average Social Security COLA From 1975 to 2023

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   Before then, Social Security increases required an act of Congress. Social Security benefits were adjusted to reflect higher costs of living before 1975. In 1950, Congress approved a 77% benefit ...

5. Social Security (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Increase Social Security taxes. If workers and employers each paid 8.0% (up from today's 6.2%), it would provide solvency through 2090. Self-employed persons would pay 16.00% on earnings (up from today's 12.4%) under this proposal. [119] Raise the retirement age(s). Raising the normal retirement age by two months per year until it reaches 69 in ...

6. Social Security Retirees Just Got Bad News About the 2025 ...

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   For instance, CPI-W inflation increased 2.5% in the third quarter last year, so Social Security payments increased 2.5% this year. That is the smallest COLA since 2021.

7. This Is the Average Social Security COLA Since 2014

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   The Social Security program has existed since 1935, but COLAs were not introduced until the mid-1970s. Back then, the adjustments were much larger than they are now. Between 1975 and 1982, COLAs ...

8. What Is a Social Security COLA and How Can It Affect Your ...

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   Source: Social Security Administration. Chart by author. For some perspective, the average COLA since 1975 is 3.75%. The highest-ever COLA was 14.3% in 1980.

9. 3 Big Social Security Changes Are Coming in 2025. Here ... - AOL

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   Social Security benefits are protected from inflation by cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), annual pay increases tied to a subset of the Consumer Price Index known as a the CPI-W. The 2025 COLA ...